Autopilot

accidents have already occurred in places where Google, Tesla, and other manufacturers of driverless cars have tested the new technology. For example, Tesla admitted its guilt in the death of Joshua Brown in May of 2016. The fatality was caused by the autopilot system in the car not sensing an eighteen-wheeler in front of the car and thus not applying the brakes, causing the car to crash into the back of the tractor trailer at sixty-five miles per hour (NYT). Multiple more deaths are reported…

well, such as eating junk food and not exercising as much as I should, I do believe that that these habits are automatic. During times of stress, I find myself reaching for a bag of chips without thinking. I have also driven to places on mental autopilot and then had to ask myself how I arrived there, my mind so focused on other things that my driving habits just automatically lead me to my physical location. Another theory of personality is Social-Cognitive Learning Theory, established by…

The current educational system is for a lot of students’ very monotonous as a whole. This system tends to impede students ' ability to actually learn as it frankly isn’t engaging enough for them to care. A big part of how students learn effectively is their ability to cognitively think in class. However, to think cognitively you must be engaged and interested in the class or lesson itself; to want to learn about the topic past just the “answer” for the assignment. Many of the habits of the…

Mei becomes Christian to please her uncle. Mei’s belief is soon strengthened in the wake of her grandfather’s death. After being scolded by her mother for not crying for the sake of her grandfather, Mei cathartically goes from a “Christian [on] autopilot” to feeling “the unutterable” kiss of God., Mei realizes that God will always view her as perfect, and others will not see past her flaws. This justifies why people are inherently evil, not God. “For other people, there will always be some flaw…

my hand with his thumb. I looked up at him and we made eye contact. "Feeling your touch is the only thing that has felt real in years. It 's one of the few sure things I 've had in life. You make me feel alive. Before I met you, I was just on autopilot. I didn 't make any of my own decisions. I was miserable. And then I sat next you on that plane. Seeing you react to the height was adorable. Your poems are amazing. You are perfect. My definition of perfect." He pauses for a second. "A, I am…

Is this you? About 15-20% of the population are highly sensitive people. What a highly sensitive person (HSP) is a person who “has a sensitive nervous system, is aware of subtleties in his/her surroundings, and is more easily overwhelmed when in a highly stimulating environment” (Aron, 2018). There is another name for this personality trait is Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS), this name is from the fact that they have a sensitive nervous system which can make their senses stronger when in a…

Judgement in Crisis Situation This Harvard Business School simulation focuses on the ability to make decisions under pressure. In this simulation, students played the role of a Product Manager at Matterhorn Health dealing with reported high inaccuracy rates in Matterhorn’s newest blood glucose monitor, the GlucoGauge. The GlucoGauge underwent three years in Research and Development and was the company’s most expensive product development to date. While the products performed well in field tests,…

The world we live in today would be unrecognizable to someone living not even 10 or 15 years ago. Smartphones and a handful of social media platforms have dramatically changed the way we communicate with one another. In our schools, it would be impossible for teachers to teach a classroom of students without the aid of the internet and computers. Automated jobs have eliminated whole job markets with factories filled with robots and machines. Now, though, we have come to a point where our…

analysis of contemporary American life. This is particularly relevant in the way that these authors discuss work and the balance between work, life, and pleasure, which is something that most Americans do not consider. We all have a tendency to run on autopilot and do what we feel we ‘need’ to do, what will make the boss happy, or what will make the most money and that is sometimes at the risk of denying ourselves happiness. From Charles Bukowski, Americans can reflect on whether the search…

The human body, but more specifically visual cues and the vestibular system allow us to determine when we are upright, sideways or turning. However, when visual references disappear the mind will tend to make up a false sense of which way is straight and level by relying mainly on the vestibular system. These false orientations created by an illusion have been deadly for many pilots, especially for those without any instrument training. Although having an instrument rating is not always the…