Chapter 3‚ Flexible‚ by Richard Sennett‚ “The Corrosion of Character” As a whole‚ Richard Sennett’s book The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism discusses the effect of the flexible capitalist economy on the lives of workers during the 1990s. Chapter 3 focuses mainly on flexibility. Sennett compares the flexibility of a human being to that of a tree‚ whereby‚ the tree has the capacity both to yield and to recover‚ from both the testing and the restoration
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In this essay‚ Richard Dyer takes a look into the ways race is handled by the media. For the most part‚ race is a term that’s only applied to non-white people. White people are not racially seen. The media tends to see whites as the human norm‚ which is far from the truth when you look at the numbers. This is a product of Western media‚ which penetrates its way into books‚ films‚ museums‚ television‚ etc. As Dyer writes‚ “At the level of racial representation… whites are not of a certain race;
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The Invention of Computer and its Significance in Human History Abstract: In human history‚ there are lots of great inventions which made great effects to our life; we can even say‚ they dominated the development of human culture. This paper would say something about an effective invention which is fast developing and have the greatest influence on human society—computer and its history and significance. The writer believes‚ before people see computer as a convenient and useful tool even can’t leave
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Inventions and Discoveries from the Muslim World By Adnaan Idrees Have you ever noticed that all the books on science and technology somehow only seem to be filled with discoveries and inventions from the likes of Aristotle‚ Archimedes‚ Da Vinci and Thomas Edison... but what about the Muslims? Where are all our discoveries? A period of a thousand years exists between these thinkers and when great Muslim men and women expressed their religiosity through contributions made to society and the sciences
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“The Flying Car”: An Invention That Will “Revolutionize the World!” The flying car is both a mysterious and futuristic invention. When I first hear the words‚ “flying car” I think of the magical world of “Harry Potter”‚ or even the classic “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” which starred in 1968. The flying car has been dreamt by millions‚ for years and years; but not one person has been able to combine the great features of today’s modern plane and automobile and combine them into one. The first automobile
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sat there‚ reminiscing about my life‚ awaiting my breath to leave my body. The sound ‘Is someone there’ broke the silence. I was overjoyed at the existence of another voice like me. I thought it was another person‚ which then I figured out it was Richard Parker. I made a shocking discovery that this seemingly well trained tiger who has been raised in the zoo since it was cub shared one same trait as the murderous cook‚ he killed a man and a women once in his life. How could he? I was so proud to explain
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Today’s news report is on the Luddites. These people called the Luddites are destroying the new inventions of the power loom machines. They are doing this because the machines are causing them to lose their jobs and families struggle to keep up with their basic needs like food and shelter. Since the power loom machines were invented by a man named Edmund Cartwright in 1785‚ handloom weavers that have worked so hard for many years are getting a lower wage‚ and some are losing their jobs because they
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ever before in history. The result of all these ingenious‚ innovative inventions has been a total revolution in the way people live their lives. After examining the multitude of invention descriptions on the four websites and considering from other sources‚ I have concluded that the telephone‚ printing press‚ automobile‚ airplane and the computer have contributed most to economic growth. First and foremost‚ the invention of the telephone is ranked number one among my five choices. From my
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In “If” by Richard Kipling‚ he concludes the poem by saying‚ “And—which is more—you’ll be a Man‚ my son!” (Kipling 32). Kipling states that if the person the poem features follows his advice‚ that he will become a man. Encyclopaedia Britannica defines adulthood as‚
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Richard Dawkins idea of a meme was not created to explain religion. It was an idea that spread within a group of individuals. A meme is the cultural equivalent of a gene‚ hence the similar name‚ and it was meant to describe the way ideas are created and propagated throughout society. Ideas replicate themselves just like genes; that was the idea. He did use the religion or God as examples of successful memes‚ but the idea was much more than simply attacking religion. Dawkins wasn’t as much an advocate
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