DO ARTIFACTS HAVE POLITICS? [from Winner‚ L. (1986). The whale and the reactor: a search for limits in an age of high technology. Chicago‚ University of Chicago Press‚ 19-39.] No idea is more provocative in controversies about technology and society than the notion that technical things have political qualities. At issue is the claim that the machines‚ structures‚ and systems of modern material culture can be accurately judged not only for their contributions to efficiency and productivity and their
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Tradition is the enemy of progress Weather it’s religious traditions preventing the study of the dead for better understanding of the living to the churches traditions stopping the progress into the realization that the Earth is not the center of the universe or to take something recent Umbilical cord debates over weather to use them for life saving stem cell research. Tradition is the common enemy among Progress into the future people want the results of science we live our lives due to science but
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We have the same question that ‘why do we have to do homework every day?’. Most people explain about the harms of homework‚ but why don’t they explain about the goods too? I think we have to change our way of thinking because homework does more good than harm. Firstly‚ homework helps us to allocate our time because of our research; we have to find more extra knowledge in order to do our homework. When we do homework‚ we can’t waste the time with the ridiculous things‚ and homework motivates us to
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BEC 1034 MICROECONOMICS TUTORIAL 1 (Chapter 1: Ten Principles of Economics) 1. The phenomenon of scarcity stems from the fact that a. most economies’ production methods are not very good. b. in most economies‚ wealthy people consume disproportionate quantities of goods and services. c. governments restricts production of too many goods and services. d. resources are limited. 2. "There is no such thing as a free lunch‚" is used to illustrate the principle that a. goods are scarce. b. people face
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Investigation Problem: • We are going to find out what is communication and how do we communicate in different ways through different things. We are writing a investigation now to understand what are we going to do for creating a new movie about communication. Guiding Questions: • What is communication? Communication requires that all parties have an area of communicative commonality. There are auditory means‚ such as speech‚ song‚ and tone of voice‚ and there are nonverbal means‚ such
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Sometimes I wonder‚ “Why do we have to die?” Sometimes I question myself and the others around me‚ why are we given one chance to shine in this world? Why not several chances? Why can’t we live forever? These are the questions that vexed my thoughts constantly throughout my childhood. These are the questions that have influenced my thoughts to think in a certain way. When I first dolefully realized that everyone must die and that no one lives forever‚ I was dejected. It was utterly intimidating
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Opening July 3 at New Century Theatre: in acclaimed writer Sarah Treem’s The How and the Why‚ a meeting between two women evolves into an intellectual‚ professional and personal showdown. New in Insight: What happens when you “interview” a group of testate amoebae after they’ve been filmed in a Smith professor’s lab? It turns out that they’re prepared to reveal quite a bit about themselves. Smith has been awarded a three-year grant for a pilot teaching program aimed at increasing the number
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How do the economies of scale affect break-even analysis? In the video on leverage‚ leverage is compared to a fulcrum in that you need just the right balance of leverage. That would seem to indicate that there is a point where the leverage is just right and that too little leverage may be just as harmful as too much leverage. Do you think this is true? The book discusses the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. Which one do you think is the most important in business and why? Answers:
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Through history‚ people have gone through it great deal of adversity-from slavery‚ the holocaust‚ and the Iraq war to our economic crisis today. Adversity‚ or as some may say struggle‚ is inevitable and unavoidable. The question that arises from overcoming adversity is value or meaning that comes from difficult times and/or catastrophic events. “ That which we obtain too easily‚ we esteem to lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value.” Thomas Paine is reflecting his belief that
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What factors are behind stock market fluctuations and how do they impact? Which have the most significant impact‚ and why? Stock market has been greatly developed in recent years; stocks have been one of the most important tools of investment. Considering how popular stock market it is‚ the fluctuation of stock market has increasingly significant affect on properties of both companies and individuals. As a result‚ the fluctuations gradually became the overarching concern for a majority of individuals
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