Kelly and Thompson: How High-technology Products Affect Humans Robots and artificial intelligence are the most rapidly developing high-technology products in recent years. These techniques have been and continue to be applied to an expansive range of problems that arise in medical diagnosis, e-commerce, mathematics, etc. However, how technology promotes our cognitive abilities―making us smarter, more productive, and more creative than ever before? Clive Thompson, a Brooklyn-based technology…
Symbolic Interactionism is symbolic meaning that people used to interact in the society. Different cultures and subcultures might have their own ways of symbolic interactionism which focuses on social interaction among particular group of people. It is used for different culture identity as well and it is the view that people react to other people and objects based on the personal views. With symbols, meaning, and interaction, the self or identity could be a basic concept in symbolic…
Bigfoot Is Alive? Bigfoot's existence has been a controversial topic for over 45 years. This creature who is said to look like a very large man, covered in hair, has been said to be located in different areas of North America. The existence of bigfoot is fairly difficult to prove because there have never been any bone discoveries over the fifty years following his first known sighting. Many people do not believe in Bigfoot, however, there are many different types of evidence that may prove…
“Morality, then, seems to be concerned with three things. Firstly, with fair play and harmony between individuals. Secondly, with what might be called tidying up or harmonising the things inside each individual. Thirdly, with the general purpose of human life as a whole: what man was made for” (72). He first describes morality as a connection between people. He sees behaivor as the main component that builds up that connection, and clearly views religion as the best option to achieve it. Lewis…
it inflects on the humans that the weapons are used against. However, by reading this article a person can gain insight into the language that frequents defense intellectual’s conversations. They choose to ignore the impact on human life by using words like “clean bombs”, “collateral damage”, and “surgically clean strikes”. This choice also allows room for a more humorous atmosphere filled with sexual innuendos and lightens the conversation to no longer focus on the loss of human lives. Some of…
The contrasting viewpoints often contradict each other and sometimes validates an idea established. This area of conflict is most prevalent in the Scientific Revolution, where many began to get into the habit of questioning and understanding the human role within the world. With help from philosophers, mathematicians, and poets the shift from narrow to broad perception of the world began. At the turn of the seventeenth century, the location of the Earth and the Sun was often questioned. The…
are good, and the people are bad. The police are totally rotten"(124). The writer's major concern is that 'self-correction' is a must to bring change. The writer is quite critical towards the activities of police and the people in Delhi who forget human values and morality. He knows self correction is essential to bring drastic change. For Balram politicians and parliamentarians are most corrupted people as he exposes, "I'm not a politician or a parliamentarian. Not one of those extraordinary…
Populations More Vulnerable to Environmental Changes All humans depend on the environment in which we live in, so environmental crises will increasingly devastate humans’ lives. The usual victims of these crises are often poor minorities with little resources and less opportunities. The effects of these crises are bad enough on the global population, but in addition to these, certain groups are being targeted and discriminated. The example of Native American and African American history in this…
singularity, when computer/human interfaces will become so advanced they’ll be known as superhumanly intelligent, shares the same concept in the book BlindSight by Peter Watts published in 2008. “Maybe the singularity happened years ago. We just don’t want to admit we were left behind” (BlindSight 50). In the book BlindSight, technology faces a new interchange that elaborates on how technology and humans come with inlays that adorn insertions and surpasses the intellectual human mind…
separates humans from other animals. The belief in a higher power correlates to more complex thinking and a deeper consciousness. The human being is a complicated organism with a unique psyche and spirit. When we experience suffering, we look for answers as to why and how we can rectify the wrongs. This could be an attempt to place the blame on something or someone else while also yearning for redemption. The various religions and spiritual teachers throughout history have tried to explain the…