Lucy Ellman fantasizes about a world without electricity‚ yet she stumbles upon her own rebutall. To live comfortably in a world without power requires many other human beings to toil without a hint of comfort. This lifestyle was accessible without power‚ but it’s unlikely she would have reaped its benefits. The "mechanical slave" she references was simply known as a "wife" or "servant." I have fantasies of electricitylessness. To live in a steading somewhere‚ equipped with a reliable well‚ vegetable
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WORLD WITHOUT TELVISION I dream of a world of higher intellects‚ where people read much more than they do and participate in intellectual debates and other activities that require more thinking and less zombifying in front of an electronic device that does not always produce high-quality intellectual programming. I think with the passing time and the increase of more and more television viewing over the years our culture loses some things‚ and while I do not think that all television programming
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There is a feeling of emptiness inside that never goes away‚ even when we try to fill it with answers and concepts. These questions have to do with our awareness of death‚ and it is also a confrontation with the meaninglessness of life in general. This philosophy is knows as existential angst and The New Oxford American Dictionary defines it as‚ “philosophy concerned with existence‚ especially human existence as viewed in theories of existentialism”. Shakespeare introduces us to Hamlet‚ a very bright
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Our society is full of battles with malevolence. A world without conflicts and hostility is unnatural‚ because human beings are not able to live harmoniously and peacefully‚ we fight to survive‚ and we are simply just imperfect. Where there are people‚ there’s war. Human beings aren’t able to live harmoniously and peacefully. We are born as selfish and greedy creatures‚ leaching off each other in secret. Proud‚ inconsiderate‚ and rebellious traits barely describe our inner selves. We are always
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A WORLD WITHOUT LAWS WOULD BE A WORLD WITHOUT SIN According to one of the Holy Books‚ the Bible‚ when God created the first man and woman‚ He knew as the author and finisher of man that he has mind‚ a conscience which is 2-sided. It could be destructive or constructive‚ it could embrace good or shun evil‚ it could love or hate based on the outline that he knows what is wrong and or right. That was the basic reason why God warned them or gave a strict Law against the act that lead to the very first
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A World Without Chemistry A world without chemmistry would be simply disastrous.We would have no phones‚ no lightbulbs‚ no social networking! Almost everything we use in our daily lifes depends on chemistry to exist‚ from the food we eat to the clothes on our backs. If we had never studied chemistry we wouldn’t have liquid oxygen. This was developed in the 1800s and is now probably best-known for its role as rocket fuel. Without rockets the space race wouldn’t have happened‚ or all the everyday
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Communication A world without advertising Name: Veronika Líšková Course: Media Relations Group: VZME12 Term: winter School year: 2013/2014 How hard can it be to imagine and describe a world without any advertisements? It turns out that it is quite difficult to completely retrieve advertising from the Earth‚ even hypothetically‚ because besides the numerous negative aspects that advertising has‚ there are also some positive ones. The world without any advertising simply cannot
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The world without photography would be very different and scary. If we didn’t have photography we wouldn’t have online auctions‚ or family memories. Photography is not only in the home its everywhere in life including magazines‚ books‚ to your children’s birthday parties and weddings. Without photography in the world we wouldn’t be able to view travel destinations. It’s almost like the world with photography is open‚ but without it it’s closed. It depends on the photographer and what they
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Effects of a World Without Oil. As oil prices keep increasing‚ many are looking to a future without oil. It is hoped that if oil prices keep rising‚ alternatives will be developed and this will enable a smooth transition. Already‚ car manufacturers have cars which run on hydrogen‚ natural gas‚ even solar panel. The longer oil prices rises‚ the more attractive these options will be. It is not unfeasible that in a decade‚ we will simply not need or want to consume oil any more. However‚ this transition
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The World Without Us By: Alan Weisman The World Without Us written by Alan Weisman is an intriguing book about what the world would be like if humans influence never took place and better yet‚ now that humans have invaded the space of natural wilderness‚ how would the environment adapt if humans disappeared? What would it be like if none of the creatures in our environment had to deal with the constant demands of humans? How would the forms of life take over all the buildings and materials
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