“All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines” by Nicholas Carr shows the negative effects of automation and how fast it is growing. With how fast automation is growing these days‚ it is easier to hand the most difficult jobs to machines to replace humans. In this article‚ Carr talks about some dangerous experiences that were caused by automation. Carr opens up the article with stories of where some people make a costly mistake and didn’t know how to fix it. The plane
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What Could Our World Be? What would life be like today if the federal government had absolute control? No freedoms for anyone whatsoever. The government controls when citizens may sleep‚ eat‚ do a job‚ and even control when citizens are allowed to speak. Would life really be worth living? We as readers are able to gain a small taste of what this would be like after reading the classic novel 1984‚ written by George Orwell. In the lonely‚ lifeless setting it is clear that the government has gained
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responsibilities. These responsibilities consists of responsibility as a servant of God‚ as a student (ourself)‚ as a child‚ and as a citizen. The first is responsibility as a servant of God. Have we run our duty as religious people? Many of us who are academically capable‚ fulfilled in terms of material but our soul is empty because it is not touched by religious values. For you‚ students‚ perform the obligation as a people‚ not to ask or complain but do your duty as a servant. Don’t just closer to Him when
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1 Degree Warmer: * The Artic is ice-free for half the year. * Opening the legendary north-west passage for ships. * Tens of thousands of homes around the Bay of Bengal are flooding. * Hurricanes begin hitting the South Atlantic. * Servere droughts in the Western US causing shortages global grain and meat markets. 2 Degrees Warmer: * Greenland glaciers are disappearing. * So much ice has melted‚ polar bears struggle to survive. * Insects migrate in strange
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suppression by a majority group to a minority group because of their values‚ norms and even language. This occurs because one usually feels dominant and superior over the other. Anzaldua states in her essay that “Our language has been used against us by the dominant culture; we use our language differences against each other.” (136) Living in a diverse cultural country such as the United States‚ many immigrants feel the need to learn the appropriate English in order to communicate and fit in with
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Our Food is our Choice Genetically modified foods or GMOs (genetically modified organisms) resulted from “genetic engineering where scientists alter the genes of plant and animal DNAs for the desired specific traits” (Ackerman). In this case‚ GMOs have changes in their genomes and we cannot certainly tell how these changes can affect the consumers especially their health. In fact‚ according to Environment Canada‚ “Canada is the third largest producer of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in
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Our reality is based on our memories – about what we want to see. Depending on what we choose to remember shapes who we are and our reality. Some people may choose to remember all the good times in their life and perceive the world around them to be carefree and happy. Some may remember certain choices during their adolescence and regret those choices. Everyone’s reality is different which makes us unique‚ as we choose to remember and forget different things. Sometimes we may not get to remember
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Our Identity is shaped by our relationships Good morning/afternoon everyone‚ my name is Jessica Holmes and I’m coming from the VCAA education department. I’m here today to talk to you about how‚ “our identity is shaped by our relationships”. When I say relationships‚ I don’t just mean boyfriend/girlfriend relationship‚ I’m also talking about family‚ friends and other relationships. I’m talking about identity since it’s your context writing theme for year 12. Our family is huge in determining
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Our Decisions Determine Our Destiny Our whole life is based on the decisions we make‚ whether it is big decisions like if we choose to go to college‚ get married‚ or have kids‚ or even smaller decisions such as if we decide to turn left or right on a walk. All of these decisions that we make in life can change our future‚ and of course we all want to make the right decisions so that we have a good future. God is so wonderful that he equipped us with moral law‚ which provides ways to tell the difference
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Postman ends the chapter by saying: “Our languages are our media. Our media are our metaphors. Our metaphors create the content of our culture.” Postman describes the change in media culture by describing the changes that have taken place since the transition between reading and television. Basically‚ he says that by watching the news on television people are becoming more ignorant and the reports are becoming absurd. To conclude the chapter Postman writes‚ “Our intelligence
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