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novelist, was best known for his dystopian novel Brave New World that emphasized his dark visions of the technological advancements in the future. Even though technological growth is inevitable in our future, it could become a possible threat to our morals. In Brave New World, many people are consumed with the latest inventions that they gave up their freedom to technology in order to fulfill their common goal - social stability. People saw their world as technologically oriented thus they…

World hunger is accredited to be one of the direst problems facing humankind today. Up in ranking with, the climate change, the sporadic global economy, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and cyber governance. All appear to be trivial problems which the Nobel Peace Prize was created for especially. World hunger proves to be the biggest issue of them all, causing the death of millions worldwide, and a surefire problem nowhere in sight. This leaves me with the question, how would I go about ending…

huge amount of photos and video, satellite of the whole earth, or even a piece of information from the phone number, etc. Kevin has points out that most of people learn how to accepted the change from the internet which is amazing thing changing the world and how easily to accept the impossible once it becomes reality. So he predict that in the next 5,000 days, the internet will be destined to evolve into one giant super computer that can be store, share for all the world’s information. Then we…

claim who owns what land, and even declaring that humans own each other based on the colour of their skin. Wars started popping up across the planet, calling themselves a succession, a revolution and a dominance. One of the first major wars was titled World War One, which split the planet in half: The Allies vs. The Central Powers. Most truly did not know what happened during the war, only the soldiers who knew what was happening in their areas. After the war several authors published war…

The point Mr. Woods was making in chapter seven was that both the international monetary fund and the World Bank existence is important for a number of reasons. They are instruments that foster global monetary cooperation and financial stability, they facilitate trade, promote high employment and sustain economic growth while working to reduce poverty and improve people’s lives in poor countries. These institutions advance the mentioned causes through lending practices and conditionality in…

The documentary of “The New Rulers of the World” by John Pilger and “The Global Assembly Line” describes the impact of globalization. These two documentaries focus on the impact of international free trade system on local workers of the developing countries. “The New Rulers of the World” describes the role of capitalism and imperialism in exploiting overseas workers at reduced wages. However, “The Global Assembly Line” describes the role of women workers in great retailers companies established…

what is it really doing to our nation that many of us fail to see? World war two was a time of devastation and global economic destruction that caused a domino effect and ruined many investors within the U.S. On October 29, 1929 the New York stock market crashed and was predicted to set off a worldwide depression and have profound effects on the economic, social, and political structure of every industrialized country around the world and make a path directed towards war. In 1932, the American…

subjective nature of representation offers the composer an opportunity to manipulate a responder into political reflection. Huxley deliberately uses the science fiction medium for Brave New World, a novel reflective of the technological innovations of the 1930’s, to represent the morally displaced actions in the World State. He satirically exemplifies how the government creates a false sense of security and stability through the parody of the French Revolution Tripartite mantra of ‘liberty,…

While researching the World Bank and IMF during this week’s reading and online, I came across a very interesting article. The article titled “The World Bank and IMF in Africa”. This article details how The World Bank and IMF (The International Monetary Fund) exploited the African people for riches and raw material and most of all, debt repayment. Did you know, the U.S. holds roughly 17% of the vote in the World Bank and the 48 sub-Saharan African countries together only hold less than 9% of…

Book Review 1: Seven Days In The Art World In the mysterious, capricious and status-obsessed art market, six distinct insiders—artists, dealers, curators, critics, collectors and auction-house experts—are keeping dynamic balance with each other and being a relatively excluded group that is fraught with unknown secrets. As a non-fiction book that to some extent, pry into the secrets in art market, Sarah Thornton’s Seven Days in the Art World offers up a tale of what happens at the height of a…