Human Potential in the World of Digital Technologies In the excerpts from his work You Are Not a Gadget for the first time‚ Jaron Lanier seems to be criticizing his colleagues‚ the developers of digital technologies‚ for limiting human experiences. However‚ after reading it more closely‚ phrases‚ such as “faith in human nature” and “different potentials in human nature”‚ begin to stand out in the text. Seeing as the title of his work is also referring to the user of technology in second person‚
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Credit Lines for MHC Interactive: Pre-GED Reading Pre-Test "A Story" from The City in Which I Love You by Li-Young Lee‚ 1990. Reprinted by permission of The Permissions Company on behalf of BOA Editions Ltd. Bill Moyers‚ The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets. New York: Doubleday‚ 1995. From A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ 1959. Reprinted by permission of Jewell Gresham Nemiroff. From “The Warriors” from The Sun Is Not Merciful by Anna Lee Walters. Copyright © 1985 by Anna
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If I inherited RM1 million from a distant relative‚ then my life would take a dramatic turn from what it is now. I would adopt the lifestyle of the rich and famous. There are lots of things I would do with the money. Firstly‚ before I use the money at all‚ I would give away ten percent to charity. Ten percent of RM1 million works out to RM100‚000. This is a lot of money to give away. It does not mean that I am a generous or saintly person. It simply means that when we get good luck‚ we must thank
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1.)The Merced Hospital Staff believed Lia suffered from Epilepsy. They believed it translated into Qaug dab peg. What was misunderstood is that quag dab peg were not really perceived as the same thing in Hmong culture as Epilepsy is in western medicine. In the Hmong culture‚ QDP is believed to be caused by a bad spirit called a dab. It is believed that dabs are responsible for stealing souls and making its victims sick. Epilepsy is recognized by western medicine as a serious neurological condition
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sandalwood and its agreeable fragrance. Pleased‚ he sent some gold coins to the sandalwood merchant. The king also felt sorry in his heart that he had harboured unbecoming thoughts of killing the shopkeeper. When the shopkeeper received the gold coins from the king‚ he was
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“Speak when you are angry- and you will make the best speech you will ever regret” Dr. Laurence J. Peter How does the above quote relate to the use of language as a tool for expressing one’s emotion? There are many ways of expressing our emotions. We can do this by our face expressions‚ by our movements and acts‚ using our body language but the most powerful and common way is using the ordinary language. Ordinary language is the ability of people to communicate between them to
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William Butler Yeats “When You Are Old” is a tribute to deeper love‚ an obvious interpretation of a poem that contains the word “love” five times in twelve lines. However‚ it is specifically the speaker’s personal analysis of what he imagines “love” to entail. It represents an elderly woman reminiscing of her younger days. A past lover whispers to her as she looks through a photo album. This is a very somber‚ regretful and resigned poem. It has a quiet‚ dreamlike feeling to it. And uses uncomplicated
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“We Googled You”‚ googling candidates before hiring often takes place in many companies. Sometimes people’s online histories revealed by googling affect hiring decisions of employers. Fred Westen‚ the CEO of Hathaway Jones‚ a luxury appeal retailer‚ is looking for a candidate who can lead flagship stores successfully in China. Fred met Mimi Brewster and thought that she fits the position because she had grown up in China and she speaks both Mandarin and a local dialect. Mimi graduated from Berkeley
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What Motivates You! There was a time where employees were known as just another input into the production of goods and services. What possibly changed the way of thinking about employees was research‚ referred to as the Hawthorne Studies‚ conducted by Elton Mayo. This study found employees are not motivated solely by money and employee behavior is linked to their attitudes (Dickson‚ 1973). Why is motivation so important in the work force and what should be done? Motivated employees
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Fartun Maalin Foundation for College Writing II 17 Apr.2013 To increase motivation we need to understand the source and consequences of helplessness and identifying situations‚ in which you can become empowered‚ assess readiness for change to pursue healthy lifestyle. As Heath’s say “tweaking the environment is about making the right behaviors a little bit easier and wrong behaviors a little bit harder.” (183) In Chip and Dan Heath’s book “switch” “shape the path” in order us to shape
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