Systems science

children, the connection is still believed to be technology. However, Hieting and Wan continue in their article with this statement, "Sitting for hours in front of a computer screen stresses a child's eyes because the computer forces the child's vision system to focus and strain a lot more than any other task. This can put children at an even greater risk than adults for developing symptoms of computer vision syndrome…

Taylor’s Scientific Management is a revolutionary theory which changed the way in which organisations manage their workflow. This theory is commonly referred to as Taylorism and it is a system that is efficient and productive making the most of the firm’s resources. Taylorism was developed in the 20th century and at the time was a ground breaking theory for businesses. However, the relevance of Taylorism today has been debated due to the advancement of technology and artificial intelligence.…

Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder tend to have disorderly behavior that makes it difficult for the parent and child to interact in an affective manner. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, also known as PCIT, is a behavior program developed by Sheila Eyberg and other contributors. The purpose of PCIT is to decrease disruptive behaviors while increasing the parent-child relationship through interactions between parent and child (Nieter, Thornberry, & Brestan-Knight, 2013). PCIT is broken…

what they don’t want you to know is that there are alternatives out there. One of the alternatives being vitro testing. Vitro testing is the testing using chips that contain human cells to mimic the structure and function of human organs and organ systems. Since these chips mirror the function of human organs it can be tested on rather than the companies testing on animals. Which is much more accurate than testing on animals. Testing on animals isn’t necessary at all due to them not having the…

Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and natural science writer, in his essay, “The Bird and the Machine,” juxtaposes life and mechanics. Eiseley describes the relationship between nature and technology, which is growing more prevalent in the modern world. He claims that technology is inferior to technology. His purpose is to illuminate that technology will never be able to replace the natural beauty of life or be capable of portraying the emotions of the bird and other living…

While many concepts on astronomy of the ancient Greeks are no longer relevant, many of their ideas were used to guide astronomers today in establishing concepts more valid. The ancient Greeks had no clear division of science and philosophy. Neither did they have separate and developed fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy. The formerly deficient range of information the ancient Greeks had, allowed an individual to become an expert in several fields whereas nowadays, there is…

seventeenth and eighteenth century, there was a period of many of these substantial changes. A group of men and women intellectuals called philosophes were hopeful in discovering new ways to understand and improve society, investing a variety of areas from science to religion. Many believed that if they paid close attention to nature and their surroundings, this could highly benefit society and could be applied to activities such as government and economics. Another belief was that reason was a…

Humanity is a curious species by its nature. Throughout time immemorial, humans of all time periods and cultures have sought to know more about the world around them. During time periods in which scientific knowledge and technology was too primitive and unrefined to discover more about the world, societies often turned to superstitions and legends. Many ancient civilizations such as Egypt, Rome, and Greece developed complex pantheons to quench the desire to comprehend life. Even thousands of…

don’t directly affect you. Guatemala had not been excluded from this man versus man conflict; the US had forced leaders into Guatemala. This caused uproar of Guatemala’s people. Those rights were infringed. Rigoberta acknowledged a corrupt political system, and she wanted to change it. It has become necessary in the modern world to constantly analyze one’s current society to form a more peaceful and just society with growing networks in order to better the human experience. Fighting for justice…

nature with peace and harmony. The nature is dynamic and so are we. We keep on developing ourselves and the ones connected to us and on that process, we have come a long way in the process of evolution: from early nomadic stone age to the age of science and technology. During that development, we have let ourselves to exploit the best resource available and get better as soon as possible. Or I would not be wrong if I say, we have been over-exploiting the resources. However, otherwise, we would…