Societal collapse

The article, “The Talent Myth,” by Malcolm Gladwell analyzes the connection between hiring, retaining, and disproportionately promoting employees based on their inherent talents or potential to succeed, an atmosphere which challenges societal norms of rewarding employees based on experience and performance. Not a fan of this myth, Gladwell claims an organization that supports this environment lacks tacit knowledge, promotes narcissism, and creates a decentralized organization system. While the…

From Boom to Doom October 29, 1929 was called "Black Tuesday", beginning in the United States where citizens from all over the world witnessed the most devastating stock market crash in history. The establishment of capitalism amongst the citizens of Canada in the 20s led to an increased demand for various goods and services. Canada had become a consumer society where assembly lines made mass production possible. In addition, after 1926, foreign demand for Canadian raw materials increased…

Science fiction films like Blade Runner (1982) present the beliefs of the general political and societal voice during the time in which they were made and released. The film radiates the fears that China and Japan would soon become the dominant superpowers in the world, taking control of Western countries and marginalising its culture. Initially this is shown in the film in the form of the marginalisation of Western people. We see a largely Asian community when first introduced to Deckard at a…

media in various forms, which include paperback books to YouTube videos. However, the author tends to question the efficacy of freedom without counterbalance checks in terms of professional standards. This could lead of deterioration of societal standards and a collapse of our intellectual strength. He feels that the same could make our young people stupid. He cited the analogy of the spread of Gutenberg's press. Unfettered press allowing multiple versions of…

In this paper I will attempt to examine the root causes of the Aral Sea disaster that implicate in ecological, societal, economic, and cultural environments throughout the time and space. This paper will challenge the traditional view of the Aral Sea disaster as of “natural”, but rather “crescive” and “constructed”. I will analyze the Aral sea disaster through the following lenses, first is political - harsh Soviet politics and transition to the market economy that had subsequently resulted in…

Careers at Sea - Why Very Few Women? Societal norms and myths, the real reason very few women work at sea? Compared to their male counterparts, women have always received the short end of the stick. “Oh it is a man’s world” This job is not for girls” “Sit and be pretty! Let us do the work” These words have become so mundane and echoes throughout the four walls of the world. In the past, many believed that it was against societal norms for women to work. Throughout centuries women were portrayed…

Payton Olson A3 The Effect of Fear Fear is a crazy thing. It is something that can push even the strongest of people over the edge. It is one of the few things that can dictate and control even a group of people all from one source. This is really shown in the novel Lord of the Flies. The story takes place during a fictional atomic war and was written after World War II. The story revolves around this group of kids who have crash landed on an island and are left to their own devices. There is…

Before and after 1949, the gap between the possibilities and limits of Chinese women’s lives was large, where the limits on women far surpassed the possibilities for a prolonged amount of time. Societal views were placed upon women, creating a system in which women must conform to a specific type of person or they would be shunned upon by those around them. This system was what determined the future of a woman in China. In the following stories, “Sealed Off”, by Ailing Zhang, “A Woman Like…

Society encourages individuals to associate wealth with success and happiness, thereby allowing individuals to accomplish foolish and malevolent acts in order to gain societal success. Society gives out travesty on how wealth correlates with success and happiness, which forces individuals to accomplish foolish and malevolent acts in order to gain a disillusion of happiness in wealth. During Huck’s journey, he meets two hooligans who call themselves The Duke and The King; they lie to and steal…

US’ housing bubble, leaving room to doubt that our current system of laws correlates with a universally just moral code. Because the world that we live is forever changing so too are our morals, and if human rights are to be respected everywhere societal factors must inevitably play a role. As the word becomes more globalized and complex, so too do our national and international systems. These systems create what we believe to be moral and guide our actions. Legal complacency, while necessary,…