Evolution is permanent therefore society is always going to revolutionize. On the order hand, resources are limited which means that they are going to most likely run out. On that account, society has to get organized and protect the lands and resources.
In today’s life human beings are more attached to technology and machines that is almost like they do everything that a human does, just to make our lives easier. This idea is making most of the humans loose almost all of their abilities. We are moving towards technology. During the renaissance there were so many ideas going out and many people opened their eyes toward new ideas, enlightenment ideas, to improve their daily lives. Soon many people were starting to remove themselves from paying attention to religion; instead their minds were focused on all these new ideas and things that emerge at that time.
Communicating with the Internet, through the cell-phone and the electricity has become a tremendous part of human’s life. It seems like we depend on all of these instruments that we use in our daily lives. Children barely go outside and play with their neighbors, instead, they stay in their house while playing around with their computer. I’m predicting that in the future this world would have more inexperienced people than we have today, since technology is going to do everything for us, we wont have the courage to experience it ourselves
In the case of money, it seems like it is always going to be the same, although it has become an important medium of exchange, it has been involved into our lives and now humans feel like they are related to it. Therefore, the future is going to be filled with spoiled humans.
Monday, May 31, 2010
The Future - Elizabeth Anne Edwards
Normally when we’re asked what the future will be like, we automatically think of things like The Jetsons, I, Robot, and Star Trek. As strange as it may seem, many aspects of these futuristic depictions are pretty accurate, especially if we continue our current actions.
With the way we keep progressing, technology can only become more and more advanced and more and more awesome! Who knows what the future will hold? Hover boards, robot friends, solar powered automobiles, surrogates, paper-thin computers, and fully automated/computerized homes will most likely come about seeing as they already have the technology for some of these things now. And as for the environment…well…I’m hoping that we’ll become more eco-friendly. We have a long way to go, but people are realizing the damage we’ve done and are taking little steps to better our planet. So, I think we will definitely “save the Earth” in a sense. Natural resources are definitely going to be the main source of power, whether it’s solar, wind, water, or heat. We’re going to have to realize sooner or later that they’ve been right in front of us for centuries and now we have the ability to use them wisely and efficiently. Since we’ve used money for so long, it probably won’t go away anytime soon or later, but credit/debit cards are for sure going to be used more often. Space exploration will definitely shoot up. It’ll get better and better. They’ll have a newer and faster way of getting to certain places in outer space, but the main possibility is exploring all the other planets. As human beings, we’re just so curious, and we’ll never know what we’ll find, so we won’t be able to help ourselves. Power may just be something we can take into our own hands. Maybe as time goes on we won’t need so many leaders. Then again we’ve been led for countless years, so we could just go “mad” when we’re given all this freedom and power. Relationships are a tricky thing to figure out, especially in the future. A lot of the times, we humans are very predictable, almost a little too predictable. Though, for the most part, we are very unpredictable. A relationship (all kinds of relationships) is something that really depends on the people you’re dealing with. It’s in their own hands. What else will the future have in store for us? Or better yet, what’s really going to happen? We can’t know for sure. Oh well…I guess we’ll have to just wait and see.
With the way we keep progressing, technology can only become more and more advanced and more and more awesome! Who knows what the future will hold? Hover boards, robot friends, solar powered automobiles, surrogates, paper-thin computers, and fully automated/computerized homes will most likely come about seeing as they already have the technology for some of these things now. And as for the environment…well…I’m hoping that we’ll become more eco-friendly. We have a long way to go, but people are realizing the damage we’ve done and are taking little steps to better our planet. So, I think we will definitely “save the Earth” in a sense. Natural resources are definitely going to be the main source of power, whether it’s solar, wind, water, or heat. We’re going to have to realize sooner or later that they’ve been right in front of us for centuries and now we have the ability to use them wisely and efficiently. Since we’ve used money for so long, it probably won’t go away anytime soon or later, but credit/debit cards are for sure going to be used more often. Space exploration will definitely shoot up. It’ll get better and better. They’ll have a newer and faster way of getting to certain places in outer space, but the main possibility is exploring all the other planets. As human beings, we’re just so curious, and we’ll never know what we’ll find, so we won’t be able to help ourselves. Power may just be something we can take into our own hands. Maybe as time goes on we won’t need so many leaders. Then again we’ve been led for countless years, so we could just go “mad” when we’re given all this freedom and power. Relationships are a tricky thing to figure out, especially in the future. A lot of the times, we humans are very predictable, almost a little too predictable. Though, for the most part, we are very unpredictable. A relationship (all kinds of relationships) is something that really depends on the people you’re dealing with. It’s in their own hands. What else will the future have in store for us? Or better yet, what’s really going to happen? We can’t know for sure. Oh well…I guess we’ll have to just wait and see.
The Future - Elie Weinstein
What does the future of Earth hold for civilization? Will we fly or teleport to school, have brain chips, prosthetic limbs, duplicates, and communicate with extra terrestrial beings? With all the discoveries, inventions, and achievements that have been made over the past 50 to 100 years, there is no telling exactly how life will be in the future. Due to our achievements and technologies, the evolution of civilization is accelerating more because our findings and technologies have made it easier to further create and discover. If this trend continues, then I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for humanity.
The world’s greatest unsolved problems include but are not limited to the environment, terrorism, nuclear threats, HIV/AIDS, and poverty. The only way to solve these problems in order to have a promising future is if all states cooperate towards common goals, which should include future plans to reorganize the UN as well change many of its policies. To start off, countries need to shift rapidly from using resources such as oil and coal that power technology to safer, cleaner, and more reliable sources such as nuclear power. This would indirectly prevent the already poverty-stricken nations from falling into a black hole of disease and starvation as a result of global warming having negative effects on crops, bodies of water, and animals–and it would solve several other important issues.
The world may be a bit stuck and in danger at the moment; regardless, I envision a bright future for most of us. The global climate change hype will cool down within 20 or so years because most countries would have already made the big switch to sustainable and renewable energy sources. Terrorist attacks could grow and may pose a bigger threat to the world in coming years due to Iran’s (a major supporter of terrorism) nuclear program, yet at the same time the power of terrorist organizations could shrink simply because in 50 years or more, leaders like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Osama Bin Laden, Hugo Chavez, and Muammar al-Gadaffi will have fortunately passed away. At the same time, the world could collapse within a very small amount of time from now due to the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear plans and its support for terrorism, which could lead to a WWIII. As of now, it feels as if the world is in a second Cold War, and the close tie between Iran and Venezuela is similar to that of the USSR and Cuba. Ahmadinejad will probably use Venezuela as a base for the nuclear weapons he is currently trying to develop under the pretense that he is creating nuclear “energy.”
Technology will play an even bigger role in the future than it already does. We won’t see flying cars, but cars will be driven by a computer–this is not a radical idea; right now there are cars in production that can park themselves. In terms of computing and mobile technology, the future is looking brilliant. Mobile devices are going to be even more sophisticated; smart-phones will not only include media, music, etc. but as well as identification, your finances, keys, you will be able to have conference calls on your cell phone, and mobile devices will react to and gather data from the environment. Apart from communication and such, technology will also be involved in health and our bodies. In the future, we could have prosthetic limbs or suits that make us stronger; we have already developed electronic pills that can record and get footage of what happens in our bodies. Sadly however, we will probably learn to depend on such technologies and not be able to function without them, just as we have become so dependent on medicine, computers, and the Internet. There is no telling what the future is going to look like; it depends on the decisions made by the international community and world leaders.
The world’s greatest unsolved problems include but are not limited to the environment, terrorism, nuclear threats, HIV/AIDS, and poverty. The only way to solve these problems in order to have a promising future is if all states cooperate towards common goals, which should include future plans to reorganize the UN as well change many of its policies. To start off, countries need to shift rapidly from using resources such as oil and coal that power technology to safer, cleaner, and more reliable sources such as nuclear power. This would indirectly prevent the already poverty-stricken nations from falling into a black hole of disease and starvation as a result of global warming having negative effects on crops, bodies of water, and animals–and it would solve several other important issues.
The world may be a bit stuck and in danger at the moment; regardless, I envision a bright future for most of us. The global climate change hype will cool down within 20 or so years because most countries would have already made the big switch to sustainable and renewable energy sources. Terrorist attacks could grow and may pose a bigger threat to the world in coming years due to Iran’s (a major supporter of terrorism) nuclear program, yet at the same time the power of terrorist organizations could shrink simply because in 50 years or more, leaders like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Osama Bin Laden, Hugo Chavez, and Muammar al-Gadaffi will have fortunately passed away. At the same time, the world could collapse within a very small amount of time from now due to the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear plans and its support for terrorism, which could lead to a WWIII. As of now, it feels as if the world is in a second Cold War, and the close tie between Iran and Venezuela is similar to that of the USSR and Cuba. Ahmadinejad will probably use Venezuela as a base for the nuclear weapons he is currently trying to develop under the pretense that he is creating nuclear “energy.”
Technology will play an even bigger role in the future than it already does. We won’t see flying cars, but cars will be driven by a computer–this is not a radical idea; right now there are cars in production that can park themselves. In terms of computing and mobile technology, the future is looking brilliant. Mobile devices are going to be even more sophisticated; smart-phones will not only include media, music, etc. but as well as identification, your finances, keys, you will be able to have conference calls on your cell phone, and mobile devices will react to and gather data from the environment. Apart from communication and such, technology will also be involved in health and our bodies. In the future, we could have prosthetic limbs or suits that make us stronger; we have already developed electronic pills that can record and get footage of what happens in our bodies. Sadly however, we will probably learn to depend on such technologies and not be able to function without them, just as we have become so dependent on medicine, computers, and the Internet. There is no telling what the future is going to look like; it depends on the decisions made by the international community and world leaders.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
So, the Future huh?
Wow, the future. Such a scary word, such a scary thought. What will I be doing tomorrow, two months from now? Where will I be in 2 weeks, 4 years? So many things change and oh-so quickly. Many people like to blame the past for what is happening today, and for what will happen in the future. Take a look at all of the wars that have been fought and major conflicts: World War I and II, America vs. Iraq, the Dutch Apartheid in South Africa, India vs. modern day Pakistan. Out of those devastating death full events, new ideas had been formed and shaped, but were soon forgotten. After the stop of an event, people went back to what they could do best, everything that they had been doing before.
I have high hopes for the future. I really do hope that only good things will come out of it, which I’m sure will happen. However, I only have high hopes for the future, if we change our way of thinking. Soon, we will be living with robots, parentless children, and a world full of losers who believe the media. Don’t get me wrong, it’s working out fine at the moment; but it won’t be for long. People don’t realize how we are damaging the planet that we live on; they don’t see how our ignorant actions hurt others. “Every time you’re tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future” (from Twitter). We have to realize that all the events that have occurred in the past aren’t the best ways to solve problems; there are many different ways that we should try for a change.
If we don’t change the way we are thinking right now: “We have technology to reach the future, but the educational system remains in the last century” (from Twitter). Relationships, exploitation and all of that powerful stuff will regain its meaning, its “what it means to be human” meaning; I hope to see the future in which people will walk on the street and ‘pay-it-forward'. "Kindness is one of the hardest things to give away, it always come back", when the world realizes this, we'll be a whole step ahead, and the future will just keep on getting better and better.
-- Sara de Jong
10A
I have high hopes for the future. I really do hope that only good things will come out of it, which I’m sure will happen. However, I only have high hopes for the future, if we change our way of thinking. Soon, we will be living with robots, parentless children, and a world full of losers who believe the media. Don’t get me wrong, it’s working out fine at the moment; but it won’t be for long. People don’t realize how we are damaging the planet that we live on; they don’t see how our ignorant actions hurt others. “Every time you’re tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future” (from Twitter). We have to realize that all the events that have occurred in the past aren’t the best ways to solve problems; there are many different ways that we should try for a change.
If we don’t change the way we are thinking right now: “We have technology to reach the future, but the educational system remains in the last century” (from Twitter). Relationships, exploitation and all of that powerful stuff will regain its meaning, its “what it means to be human” meaning; I hope to see the future in which people will walk on the street and ‘pay-it-forward'. "Kindness is one of the hardest things to give away, it always come back", when the world realizes this, we'll be a whole step ahead, and the future will just keep on getting better and better.
-- Sara de Jong
10A
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Global Leadership (stephanie LDE)
Through history we’ve meat many big Leaders throughout the world. Leaders such as: Chairman Mao Zedong, President Richard Nixon, General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, Nelson Mandela, and Fidel Castro had leadership styles and strategies just like any other leaders, each one with a different perspective.
“Fighting with heaven, fighting with earth, and fighting with human being, what a great pleasure!" is one of Chairman Mao Zedong’s famous quotes. He is one of my favorite leaders since he fought for equality of woman in China. Based on his studies, he developed his theories. He had no respect to any laws and he didn’t allow anyone to challenge him.
To be able to be a great leader, you would need to be: responsible, considerable, caring, a good listener, observer, great personality, self-belief, motivation, efficient, trustful, and most important you should think before you act. Power and Leadership would be one of the most important points to society. People need someone to tell them what to do, but it needs to be someone they can trust. People don’t like fall-downs so they would be happy to rely on someone.
People have been struggling for peace for the whole existing of human nature. Peace can never be made because we don’t like peace. We like struggling for what we want, most importantly, we like war. If any organization would gather Global leaders to accomplish goals, there will probably be a World War III. The organizations will not be successful at all especially with people with different thoughts and points. Chaves would probably be the first one to get into trouble!
Bibliography:
http://library.thinkquest.org/18355/fidel_castro.html
http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/leonid-ilich-brezhnev/
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/impeachments/nixon.htm
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa022899.htm
“Fighting with heaven, fighting with earth, and fighting with human being, what a great pleasure!" is one of Chairman Mao Zedong’s famous quotes. He is one of my favorite leaders since he fought for equality of woman in China. Based on his studies, he developed his theories. He had no respect to any laws and he didn’t allow anyone to challenge him.
To be able to be a great leader, you would need to be: responsible, considerable, caring, a good listener, observer, great personality, self-belief, motivation, efficient, trustful, and most important you should think before you act. Power and Leadership would be one of the most important points to society. People need someone to tell them what to do, but it needs to be someone they can trust. People don’t like fall-downs so they would be happy to rely on someone.
People have been struggling for peace for the whole existing of human nature. Peace can never be made because we don’t like peace. We like struggling for what we want, most importantly, we like war. If any organization would gather Global leaders to accomplish goals, there will probably be a World War III. The organizations will not be successful at all especially with people with different thoughts and points. Chaves would probably be the first one to get into trouble!
Bibliography:
http://library.thinkquest.org/18355/fidel_castro.html
http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/leonid-ilich-brezhnev/
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/impeachments/nixon.htm
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa022899.htm
Monday, May 24, 2010
Global Leadership By Ahmed a.k.a Hatem
Mao believed in Marxism, these was a when china was communist and was run very harshly. Marxism is a kind of ruler was he had used many military strategies. Charmin Mao was a very harsh ruler to his people millions of the Chinese population. As much as people think he was a very bad ruler, he’s still a controversial figure till this day in china and held very high as a great revolutionary figure.
President Nixon was a president that had never come to power and resign, he was an American President and he was the first one to ever resign. President Nixon saved millions of American soldiers lives, 300 soldiers were dying daily. He got the soldiers out of there. Nixon was in a major scandal and after he had resign he said that it was OK if the president did bad things.
Leonid Brezhnev was a soviet leader, he had served for 18 years as a general. He began as a iron engineer. Brezhnev changed many things in the Soviet Union, one of the most important was there power. He had increased there power and made them very powerful, just like every country would like to be. He had made many changes to the country but he was also one of the reason why the soviet Union had collapsed.
Fidel Castro came into the country and wanted change, with his power and followers he over trough the last party and become prime minister and after that from 1965 he’s been the president of Cuba. Fidel’s ruling is as a dictatorship. He has made many changes to his country. He has one of the best doctors in the world, but it’s very hard for a person to leave the country.
Nelson Mandela was the first South African president being elected fully by the people, before he became president he was an anti-apartheid activist. Mandela made many changes during his rule, he’s gotten more than 250 awards over four decades and 1 Nobel Peace Prize.
After all, all kinds of ruling are very important. Some people think its good to have so many and some people don’t. I personally think that its better to have many kinds of ruling because then you can see which is better and which one can actually help it get out of miseries.
President Nixon was a president that had never come to power and resign, he was an American President and he was the first one to ever resign. President Nixon saved millions of American soldiers lives, 300 soldiers were dying daily. He got the soldiers out of there. Nixon was in a major scandal and after he had resign he said that it was OK if the president did bad things.
Leonid Brezhnev was a soviet leader, he had served for 18 years as a general. He began as a iron engineer. Brezhnev changed many things in the Soviet Union, one of the most important was there power. He had increased there power and made them very powerful, just like every country would like to be. He had made many changes to the country but he was also one of the reason why the soviet Union had collapsed.
Fidel Castro came into the country and wanted change, with his power and followers he over trough the last party and become prime minister and after that from 1965 he’s been the president of Cuba. Fidel’s ruling is as a dictatorship. He has made many changes to his country. He has one of the best doctors in the world, but it’s very hard for a person to leave the country.
Nelson Mandela was the first South African president being elected fully by the people, before he became president he was an anti-apartheid activist. Mandela made many changes during his rule, he’s gotten more than 250 awards over four decades and 1 Nobel Peace Prize.
After all, all kinds of ruling are very important. Some people think its good to have so many and some people don’t. I personally think that its better to have many kinds of ruling because then you can see which is better and which one can actually help it get out of miseries.
Socialism vs. Capitalism by Phaedra
Socialism is when the community as a whole has control of the production and distribution of the materials in a land. Capitalism is when private companies have control of each separate material. I think capitalism is definitely more ‘in tune’ with human nature, as people just do not want to share their resources. I think socialism eliminates any means of competition, which is actually a good thing, but many people don’t see it that way. In my opinion, a socialist country requires a lot of trust, you trust other people with your materials. So in a way, a capitalist country is easier because you look out for your own things. I don’t think it would be fit to call one more “fair” than the other, as each are equally fair. I think in this case it’s a matter of which one is more useful for each country and its economy. It’s fair that everyone shares and has equal rights on different things. But it’s also fair that a person is allowed to own his/her own business and do with it was he/she wants. The role of money in our society is to control it. Our society revolves around the idea of money and time. It is said that “money can’t buy time”, giving time more meaning than money. But then again, it is also said that “time is money”. The more time we spend working the more money we get. The less time, the less money we get. But all in all, most people’s main goals in life is money, we study hard to get good degrees, to get good jobs, to in the end, give us fatter paychecks. Money, in the end, is our life.
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