Human geography

In John McWhorter’s Ted talk “Txting is killing language. JK!!!” he explains how texting is evolving into a new language that is beneficial to our society today. Even though we don’t necessarily use correct grammar or punctuation in our texts and when we talk, we still know what the meaning of the message is. Writing is more of a complex process and required more thought. Texting is a great way to get our ideas and feelings out to somebody in a quick and convenient way. John McWhorter, who is a…

Letter to Menoeceus choices are regarded highly in the turn of events to occur. Choices and fate are actually something made up by humans to feel more comfortable about the events of life and their outcomes. People are raised to know the difference between right and wrong, but their actions are already pre-determined from before they are born. Of…

The famous Bob Marley once sang, “Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.” Marley is saying that a man should be able to make his own choice and not do what others think. This ties into the story “Lather and Nothing Else” written by Hernando Tellez because the barber is in a dilemma on whether or not he should kill an enemy he is shaving. His destiny depends on his choice. The barber, his enemy, and the author's literary device helps develop the theme of making a decision that can be…

For instance, aesthetic relativism is one of the three main topics I can sympathize with because I don’t believe that there is one true definition of what beauty is. The ideas of beauty differs from person to person, whether it is human beauty, art, or anything in general. By asking this question, it makes me analyze what other branches of relativism I’m sympathetic towards, and how this will effect my overarching conclusion of the existence of one answer. Aesthetics are something…

Just like the atomists, they believe in nothing but atoms and the void. Because of this, death is inconsequential. Humans only consist of atoms and the void, and the only difference between a living human and a dead one is their arrangement of atoms. Since a person is only atoms, and humans don’t feel any stress, pain, or displeasure with non-existence before they are born, it follows that they must continue to feel this way after they die. Epicureans…

How do you think of free? Do you think to be free is only means to get out of one’s control and keep yourself free or is to use your hands to be respect and enhance the freedom of others? Before I finish reading the book “Looking for Alibrandi”, I may believe that get out of one’s control is the meaning of to be free. However, when I finish reading the book, I started wondering, living in a way of respects and enhances the freedom of others is the truly meaning of “to be free”. Therefore, I…

The New Temple Do humans idolize tangible objects? It is safe to say that no one in today’s society thinks of themselves as materialistic person. The shocking reality is that everyone in Capitalist societies idolizes material things; unconsciously material possessions have become the god that consumers idolize. Corporations are responsible for this because they offer tangible objects that appear to be essential to obtain happiness and fulfillment. Shopping Centers have become the new temple…

not hard to believe that people care more about themselves and their situations than that of other people. In “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace and The Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy, both address awareness and the importance of it. Although human beings are self-serving creatures, they need to have the ability to pay attention to and help one another. In today’s society, being aware and acknowledging people and situations can lead to a greater understanding of the world around, but it is…

illustrates the nature of the human psyche through the idolized tool of religion. Although Freud’s view towards religion appears to be overwhelmingly negative, slight positive benefits of religion can be seen through his explanations of religious symbolism. Freud illustrates the benefits of religion as a way to cope with the inevitable pulls of the id, while demonstrating the lack of intellectual basis behind religion, and the illusion religion represents as a tool from which human beings can…

After his experiment erupted, Milgram’s reputation crumbled. He was no longer known as an extraordinary scientist; but instead as an immoral, and corrupt human being, and in effect, he left Yale for Harvard. Milgram lived a happy life in Cambridge for four years, however, he eventually left because of discrimination in the work place. With his reputation gone, Milgram had to continue his studies at the Graduate…