The Transparent Society

their medical issues online, to watching a live stream of every single move they make. It is terrifying to imagine a society in which nothing is kept personal, and as the inherent nature of technology continues to progress, this threat will only become more of a reality. Dave Eggers illustrates this pseudo-utopian world in his novel, The Circle, where his characters are dependent upon technology to the utmost degree. An analytical question would be: would the technology mentioned in The Circle be worth implementing in today’s society? Our protagonist, Mae Holland, runs us through her everyday observations and thoughts while she works at the Circle, a corporation that creates online applications and identities with the sole purpose of…

Many researchers such as the team in Palo Alto and Menlo Park California suggest that some of the impacts on artificial intelligence in society are “learning and adaptive systems” along with “modeling”. Learning and adaptive systems are the ability to adapt behavior from previous experiences and modeling are to “develop an internal representation and set of transformation rules which can be used to predict the behavior and relationship between some set of real-world objects or entities.” (Oscar…

which he bases it the transparency. Cassam starts by defining the notion of transparency and gives three questions in which he plans to answer. Then he continues on to talk about passive thoughts and epistemically immediate definition. In this paper, I shall argue that the transparency account does support epistemically immediate. Summary: Quassim Cassam “argues that the transparency account can’t explain how knowledge of our own beliefs can be epistemically immediate”. The notion of…

The Circle:Collective Submission to Exploitation The most dangerous things appear unassuming, mundane, and perhaps utopian: “It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God” (Bradbury). As modern technology becomes more prevalent in society, the lines between the individual and society blur. People become more connected in every way. That connection…

“Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” ( Vince Lombardi ) In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, we are witnesses to the chaotic societal ways of boys living on an abandoned island. As expected, these scenarios play into the calamity of the island. After reading this novel, one may no longer think an abandoned island is the ultimate paradise. At least not with multitudes of young boys on it. Throughout…

rationally. In the novel, Golding uses the way human nature works to show how easily society can fall apart and how that can affect the people in the community. He makes sure that the theme of a twisted and corrupt nature is the underlying drive of the story. He writes characters such as Jack, Roger and Ralph with this is mind. Throughout the novel, he shows the readers both the good and the bad sides of what human beings are capable of, and there are moments where the evil seem to overpower…

Alexandre, Willman, and Aslam, in their study “Social Dynamics and Fragility” describe humans as social creatures, and therefore, regard social cohesion as a means of development. Social cohesion is defined as the “affective bond between citizens (Chipkin and Ngqulunga 2008: 61)(39), and it is used to promote and protect the wellbeing of society. In the study conducted, the authors look at the dynamics of a fragile society and how the interactions amongst the various groups in that region,…

Jerry D. Moore’s novel, The Prehistory of Home, provides information of archaeology through the use of one central theme: the home. Moore does not simply describe different excavations, he discusses the journey of the human experience expressed by archaeological dwellings and artifacts. The Prehistory of Home supplements Anthropology 145, World Prehistory, by discussing the development of human society through the examination of the home. The central purpose of this course is to observe the…

freedom. Upon the families return to New Orleans, Edna continues to struggle and reassess various aspects of her life. Throughout the novel, Edna Pontellier searches for independence by isolating herself from society and withdrawing from her traditional duties associated with being a mother and a wife. Her pursuit of independence eventually ends in an act of suicide in the Gulf of Mexico. Upon the Pontellier’s return to New Orleans, Edna reassesses her perceived social responsibilities and…

explain and contradict ; The differences between cultures make desires and behaviors manifest differently in different contexts but in general the basic needs outlined appear in all human societies and affect similar manner to all individuals regardless of their previous precedence. There are some of the highlights of the theory espoused by Maslow, has both supporters and opponents, they will mentioned…