Human reliability

Utopia, the good nonexistent place. That’s what utopia means in the Greek language. Thomas More in this book describes to us what he believes and sees a perfect society would look like and how it would function and treat the individuals living on it. I agree with multiple of the features of the society, but there are also some doubts and disagreements I have with some things within the society. I am going to list two of the excellent features and two of the inappropriate features that happen in…

The four themes of Existentialism that I found to be the most significant and recurring in the works of the existentialists are as follows: the individual, God, being, and truth. The individual is a theme prevalent in every existential philosopher as pondering one’s own individual existence is the core essence of the movement. Furthermore, being is often an accompanied attribute to the self and is pondered alongside the self. God is necessarily pondered in the philosophies of existentialism…

Desperation Stupidity Guilt Forgiveness Click. Loading. Sent. I felt fine. Go back to doing homework, do not check my phone. About ten minutes later it dawns on me. I screwed up. Why would I do that? Look at my texts, some thank me, some do not respond fearing incrimination. I start to feel guilty. “Why did you that?” I asked myself “How could you be so stupid?”. I started to panic. I told myself I would not get caught and that plenty of people cheat, it's not a big deal. This was a lie. It was…

an important epistemological question: How can a person be certain of what his senses tell him about the world he lives in? This question, explored modernly in the film by portraying reality as nothing more than a computer simulation implanted into humans’ sensory receptors by a race of intelligent super-computers, is nevertheless an idea that has intrigued philosophical thinkers for many ages. For example, in 1641, Rene Descartes wrote about his doubts of perception in Part I of Meditations on…

out or you can avoid him for the whole year. The second option is kind of like suicide that not dealing with the problem isn’t the best solution. Nagel does not think that the absurd is necessarily a bad thing. He said “Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.” I think that Nagel is right about the…

Happiness is a concept that virtually all strive for and many have tried to determine how to fulfill. In The Happiness Hypothesis, the author, Jonathan Haidt, suggests a formula to explain what happiness consists of. He proposes this formula: H=S+C+V. In this formula, H stands for happiness, S for set point, C for conditions, and V for voluntary activities. Haidt argues that these three factors that contribute to an individual’s happiness and by maximizing these three different aspects, one can…

is the best argument. Baron D’Holbach, author of “The System of Nature”, pieced together an argument that was able to draw the following conclusion1; “1) A human being is a material (i.e., a physical) thing. 2) All changes in material things are determined by immutable laws (i.e., the laws of science). Therefore: All changes made by humans are determined by immutable laws. 1) To be free, an action must be…

The debate over whether GMO foods are safe to consume or not have been highly contested over recent years. While some scientists believe that GMOs pose serious health risks, others acclaim the benefits and scientific breakthroughs that have been derived from using GMO’s. Within the informative article “Are Engineered Foods Evil?” by David Freedman, scientists such as Robert Goldberg, David Williams, and David Zilberman all made substantial claims in which some were attacked by their opposers,…

Liking is for cowards, go for what Hurts - Jonathan Franzen’s work ‘Liking is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts’ is structured around the idea that humans live in a world where increasingly the most important relationships in our lives, are the superficial and short lived ones we have with our tech devices. I agree with Jonathan’s point that that amongst a world of techno-consumerism we hide our real selves, and that we portray the version of ourselves that we think is going to be the most…

The tactical use of rhetoric in The Flight from Conversation by Sherry Turkle and Faux Friendship by William Deresiewicz is purposefully placed to influence the reader’s opinions with their arguments. Turkle claims that technology use is creating an obstacle for relationships and that increased usage negatively effects casual conversation, while Deresiewicz argues that friendships have evolved over time from being personal to purely emotional with the use of technology. Although their arguments…