Are We Digital Dummies? Twelve billion text messages are sent worldwide every day. Our means for communication in todays society are endless: there are 3 billion cell phone users‚ 1 billion personal computer users (which is expected to double in the next 4 years)‚ and 13 million Canadians are Facebook users. In the documentary “Are We Digital Dummies?” done by CBCs the Doc Zone‚ they examine what exactly our high dependence on technology is doing to us as a society. The documentary begins
Free Mobile phone
Reflection paper regarding "Shall We Dance?" Dancing is regarded with suspicion in Japan because public display of affection and intimacy is considered indecent and outright scandalous. Even married couples had to restrain from temperate public display of affections‚ such as holding of hands‚ saying "I love you"‚ or even dancing‚ because it was thought to be "beyond embarrassing". Thus it would be safe to say that dancing with someone else other than one’s wife is even more disreputable and appalling
Premium Culture Marriage Public display of affection
Ways We Lie By Stephanie Ericsson It is curious to think that any one person could be telling a lie without knowing that they are. In the essay “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson‚ she explores the thought of how lies are incorporated into everyday life. According to this essay‚ “We lie. We all do. We exaggerate‚ we minimize‚ we avoid confrontation‚ we spare people’s feelings‚ we conveniently forget‚ we keep secrets‚ we justify lying to the big-guy institutions”. How do we know what the truth
Premium Lie Personal life Truth
“Do We Survive Death?” Protocol Paper # 2 Thesis: The main idea is that the question Do we survive death? Is controversial and we are not sure what happen after we die. The question Do we survive death? Analyzes 3 main points‚ the presence of a soul‚ the existence of afterlife and miracles. Summary: In the “Do We Survive Death” Rachels shows several important theories and beliefs. First he presents the idea of an immortal soul. Rachels presents the thoughts of and important philosopher‚ Socrates
Premium Immortality Reincarnation Heaven
"To thine own self be true." (Shakespeare) Unfortunately we are not true to ourselves. We all lie for many reasons which can be for fear of harm‚ fear of conflict‚ fear of rejection‚ fear of punishment‚ fear of loss or altruistic reasons such as helping our loved ones to make them feel better‚ which is the only selfless reason why we lie. It all comes down to the one fundamental reason as to why we lie and it is because it mostly works. Just like lying to someone makes them lose their trust for
Premium Lie Truth English-language films
In the article “Are We Witnessing the Death of Modesty?”‚ the author discusses her viewpoints on modesty. She points out that the absence of modesty is becoming increasingly more evident in today’s society‚ while the values of self-respect and purity are declining. She also expresses her deep concern for future generations in regards to the impact that immodesty may leave. According to the author’s beliefs‚ people are losing sight of the importance of modesty and the significance it should hold within
Premium Gender Woman Sociology
In "The Ways We Lie‚" by Stephanie Ericsson‚ the author depicts the many ways humans lie and justifies the reasons for doing so. There is the white lie‚ which is basically telling a harmless untruth instead of a harmful truth. Facades are basically changing your personality while ignoring the plain facts‚ as the title implies‚ is a false action done with the intent to deceive. Deflecting is not answering the question at all; it is being up-front about comfortable issues and not revealing the couple
Premium Lie
Knowledge issues: Who is right or wrong? How do we know it? Introduction One morning‚ a man was walking in the centre of Lhasa. It was the 10th march 2008; this man was holding the Tibetan flag and was screaming “Free Tibet”. After a little bit‚ the monk and the population of Lhasa joined him. The police were controlling the march. One the 14 march‚ even more people joined the demonstration. The police reacted when the Tibetans started to burn Chinese’s shops and restaurants. Those actions
Premium Tibet
a long standing history in society. Violence is ingrained in human nature in many ways. An understanding of violence now plays a key role in many of our social interactions. Some people have even evolved to be more aggressive because as as a society we reward aggression. One known genetic activity that predisposes people to physical aggression is a low activity form of monoamine oxidase. Monoamine oxidase is an enzyme that deconstructs key neurotransmitters. According to Brown university this is
Premium Ethics Violence Morality
Truth is dead but at the same time it isn’t‚ because we are all human and we all lie at one point‚ we all lie one point of the day. We lie because we are scared of what might happen if we tell the truth‚ because you think when you lie that you might not hurt the person who may be asking you a simple question like in a relationship you may ask your boyfriend/girlfriend: “Are you cheating?”‚ then they may say no because you don’t want to get caught‚ but really they might be cheating‚ so then you the
Premium Lie Truth Deception