Predictably Irrational

A World to be Bought Hope Nelson Global Business 3304 9/5/2015 In American culture, it is perfectly normal to see ads on a day-to-day basis: “Buy these clothes, it will make you cool.” “Buy this truck, it will get you places faster.” “Buy this, buy that. It will make you happy.” But even in America, where many things are becoming permissible, should there still be a line determining what can or cannot be bought? This is what authors Michael J. Sandel explores in his paper, “What Isn’t for…

Both George Orwell’s allegorical tale, Animal Farm and Jimmy Fallon’s comedic clip of Donald Trump employ satire to demonstrate that some people are unfit to lead because they use fear and terror to maintain power. Orwell believes that any society where leaders have absolute power would fail because inevitably leaders use power for their own benefit. He criticises the failures of the Russian revolution and the subsequent totalitarian regime to provide strong and fair leadership and to establish…

Alfred Hitchcock’s famous films Psycho and The Birds both portray women in a uniquely comparable way as each of these two films centre around the journey of a woman. His famous 1960 film, Psycho, follows Marion Crane, a Phoenix secretary who stumbles across and seizes the opportunity to claim a large sum of cash to start a new life. His equally critiqued 1963 film, The Birds, focuses on wealthy business woman Melony Daniels, as she travels to the green retreat Bodega Bay in order to win over a…

The United States is often called the land of opportunity. This nickname has, for many years, attracted foreign immigrants from around the world to move to America. This, however, has sparked an increase in xenophobia in the American population as they believe that these immigrants will steal their jobs away from them. However, immigrants don’t steal their jobs; instead they help create them. Immigrants use productivity and human capital to cause economic growth which is beneficial to our nation…

which the narrator felt symbolized not only her physical decline, but the decomposition of her mental health as well. He states that, “deprived of any meaningful activity, purpose, and self-definition, the narrator’s mind becomes confused and, predictably, childlike in its fascination with the shadows in the wallpaper” (Magill 1). While not a straightforward connection to assisted suicide, this quote clearly relates to how patients who cannot undergo euthanasia feel devoid of any substance or…

Humans are predictably fallible, but drive events in infinitely variable ways that cannot be calculated with the precision of a German train schedule. Therefore, Allison and Zelikow’s model three is an informative filter with which to intellectually sift through the…