In his Modernity and Its Discontents, Freud argues that human psyche is structured into three parts: id, ego, and superego. The id is the primitive part of human personality (I); it operates on the pleasure principle fulfilled by Eros (sexual love, desire for life) and Thanatos (aggressiveness, desire for death), regardless of the consequences (VI). However, civilization’s goal is to work in “the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then…
taking care of it for the well-being of the whole world and all its systems. I learned, in the past fifty years' humans have changed the environment more than any other period in human history (MEA 2005). The path humanity is making for economic development and human well-being increases the damage done on ecosystem services (MEA 2005). Many extremely vulnerable groups of people are unequipped to handle the major changes in the ecosystems, that might occur. From what I thought about…
MAKING SOLAR ENERGY MORE ECONOMICAL: (SAFETY, WEIGHT BENEFIT, MATERIAL COST AND WOW FACTOR) Noah Garcia, Hongyu Chen, Pablo Bribiesca, Mohammed Ali Our group the Dream Green Team has only one goal in mind. To Make solar energy more economical. To make solar energy more economical a few things can be done. The cost to build solar panels can be decreased, the efficiency can be increased, or the storage of the energy can be more efficient. In the past decade solar panels have been improved…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens book was written by Sean Covey, talks about how being a teenager is hard and how we have to keep up with school, friends, online activities like Snapchat and Instagram, family, and other daily activities.The 7 Habits book gives teenagers pointers on how to become a proactive person and how to handle situations better.Sean Covey's book tells you how important it is to begin with the end in mind why you should put first things first.This book says how…
Background on Tesla: Tesla is truly unlike any other company. Although many companies have taken up conservation through recycling and sustainable resourcing, Tesla has devoted themselves to providing sustainable products to provide clean, safe energy products for generations to come. According to CEO Elon Musk, the mission statement is “to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy” (Tesla 2017). Focusing on renewable and sustainable energy, Telsa produces a wide arrange of…
Moving away from your family is hard, and most people could come to understand that, but I feel that moving away from my family is more difficult than average. I started my abroad education at Colorado State University, after of a semester there I got accepted into UC Davis (my dream University). Although I had a vague idea of what being alone and away from those that I care the most for, moving once again to California presented many more challenges I had previously ignored. This quarter for me…
program within the first 45 days, and later, an evaluation is carried out every year. If necessary, Child Development Services can be referred to determine if the child requires a diagnosis which will help the child improve his growth and learning. The parents or guardians will become acquainted of their child’s results in each area of development and a goal can be set to improve the child’s development within the program, in any of the areas that the child may have a deficiency on or the…
I definitely agree with Bornstein on this point. This relates to Fabio Rosa in that one of his initial projects was to bring electricity to the rural poor areas in Brazil. During the time, electricity costs are too high because there is a standard ‘norm’ that safe electricity distribution procedure is supposed to follow. Fabio Rosa, with a firm mind, was not reluctant when the electricity company does not authorize for his experiments and he asked for help. He succeeded in his endeavors. And I…
Solar Energy The sun is the most abundant energy source available and used on Earth, hands down. The problem is, much of the energy from the sun that is used on Earth is used by primary producers, not by us, and what they do use is an incredibly small compared to the 89,300 TW retained on Earth at any instant. What we use is smaller still (22). The first step in harnessing the awesome potential our very own star is understanding just how to do that. Think of the inside of a solar cell, the…
The entire realm of news is undergoing major organizational shifts, whether influenced by economic changes, new digital platforms or an audience that is demographically younger and more diverse. The move online is a key reason there is a growing public distrust of news media sources (Abdulla, 2002). Free access, along with the sudden influx of bloggers and social media users, has inundated the internet with information – some more reliable and verifiable than others. The 2016 presidential…