‘A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.’ * Mark Zuckerberg‚ Facebook Founder. The phenomenon of the personalization of the internet is all around us. Sites such as Google‚ Facebook and Yahoo are adapting their results for each individual. This is a major step forward and we’ve only just come across it. For example‚ let’s take Google. When you type your required search in the toolbar‚ Google gives you the links
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computers‚ etc.‚ human beings nowadays benefit a lot from them without a doubt. Technology not only makes our lives more convenient but changes the ways that people used to interact with others and live their lives. Nonetheless‚ there are several potential risks and dangers when people only work and socialize with the internet or computer screens. Mankind may become more and more indifferent toward others. With the high convenience of the internet‚ for instance‚ online-shopping is getting popular
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consider it to be a moral obligation so that their child grows up into a better adult. However‚ growing up in to a good person is not genetic. For example‚ if an alcoholic adopt their child into a stable and moral family‚ the child is more likely to grow up as a stable adult than alcoholic – such as the saying ‘children see‚ children do’ . Altering the embryo is not a moral obligation because it is not possible to change the moral of an unborn child. Another negative aspect is the social suffrage of
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see on TV. Reality television does more harm than good. Reality television is not good for society. People should not watch reality shows because they present absurd situations. Although these shows are called reality‚ they are sensationalistic displays of explicit sexual behavior that pander to the people’s base desires. Reality shows have a deceptive name that belies their sordid content. A False Sense of Reality I believe reality television can do more harm than good. When you consider the scripting
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you opinion” by Patrick Stokes. Just the title of the article interested me‚ as it’s commonplace for people to say “Well‚ I’m entitled to my opinion” during a discussion or argument. Stokes points out that "Well‚ I’m entitled to my opinion" is often used to end a discussion or argument without having to further explain your justification for your beliefs. He makes the following important distinction; while you may be entitled to say what you believe‚ you are not entitled to have your opinion taken
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Public Opinion‚ the War in Iraq‚ and Presidential Accountability Erik Voeten Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs The George Washington University voeten@gwu.edu Paul R. Brewer Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee prbrewer@uwm.edu Earlier versions of this manuscript were presented at the 2004 PolMeth Conference at Stanford University‚ the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
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What Is A Secret Cult The question has often been asked by various groups and people: what is a secret cult? A cult can be said to emanate from great and excessive admiration or belief in a person or idea. This could be manifested in rituals‚ praise songs‚ chants and worship. It is an unquestionable practice that may be difficult to dislodge even with superior argument. Secret cult could therefore be defined as a set of practices‚ belief system or idea whose essence is known only to the inner
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Free Will vs. Peer Pressure “Opinions and Social Pressure” was a study by Solomon Asch which looked into the relationship between intellectual judgements and social pressure. How does our nonconformity within a group affect our judgements as individuals? Asch attempted to answer the question by conducting a series of experiments. In these experiments‚ the subject was placed in a group‚ the members of which were shown a linesegment‚ they
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affective empathy and cognitive empathy‚ and the pros and cons of both in his article‚ “The one thing that could save the world: Why we need empathy more than ever.” Krznaric provides factual and scientific evidence after every point‚ leaving a greater impact on the reader. Furthermore‚ his references to powerful and influential people make his article all the more persuasive. Krznaric quotes a Yale psychologist‚ Paul Bloom‚ with whom I strongly
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INTRODUCTION The issue of identity has become challenging in feminist theory and practice over the past decade. Identity politics has become extensively criticized and even belittled by feminists of various opinions. Issues raised by identity and identity politics seem to be stubborn‚ failing to yield to any of the numerous solutions that have been proposed to resolve them. Problems that have come up as a result of identity and identity politics have become almost an obsession among feminists
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