In “ What Should We Worry About‚” Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner talk about how humans beings are more afraid of the known instead of being scared of the important risks that are unknown. I understand Levitt and Dubner’s point but I disagree. I do not consider the known risks to be scary. I do fear the unknown‚ things like breast cancer‚ heart disease‚ and any form of viruses that can lead to severe sickness or death. These are things that could cause my loved ones and me great pain and
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The Government Should Take Steps to Control Population Growth Jie Wang EAP2 Writer’s Workshop Ms. Miller February 21‚ 2013 Abstract During the last 30 years‚ the world’s population has haven an increase of 60%. This paper focuses on the demographic situation and the problems of population growth. It discusses the benefits of population control in terms of economic development‚ environmental issues‚ employment pressure and education opportunities. It also talks about the disadvantage of population
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Should Government Attempt to Control Human Population Growth? Human population grows‚ and it has been calculated that by the year 2050 there will be over 9 billion people in the world. As a result of that the amount of land per person will have dropped to less than one square inch. It is clear that population growth must stop in some close future due to various factors (Issitt‚ 1). Shortage in food and water‚ limited energy‚ pollution‚ death of plants and animals‚ and many more other shortages
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Eat well‚ feel better. The link between what we eat and our mental health. Table of contents 1 Introduction Page 2 1.1 Background information Page 2 1.2 Aim Page 2 1 Methodology Page 2 2.3 Primary research
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The government should establish policies to control diet and obesity The World Health Organization (2003) estimated that obesity and the national diet have become an epidemic around the world‚ which could be caused by limited attention in health and lack of consciousness of daily diet. In accordance with current trends‚ there will be 2.3 billion adults overweight [body mass index [BMI] ≥25] in 2015‚ and 700 million people will be clinically obese [BMI≥30] (Campbell‚ 2005). In light of these
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Peter Singer and Jim Mason have written a book entitled The Ethics of What We Eat. Pages 241-248 of this book discuss the idea of whether factory farming is ethical or not. For this short reflection paper I will discuss the ideas that they brought up about the ethics of factory farming‚ while at the same time bringing in my views of factoring farming and the ethics behind animal treatment. The first issue that they bring up is that‚ “Factory farms are designed on the principle that ‘animals are
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that we are destroying our planet. The root of our troubles begins with the division of labor. In The Wealth of Nations‚ Adam Smith claims that the division of labor saves time by “[increasing] the quantity of work‚” but most importantly it allowed for the invention of new machines (7-9). The organization of labor along with new technology raises productivity‚ and this eventually led to the green revolution (c 20 Feb‚ 2017). The green revolution is the main thing that sparked the problems we are facing
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We all know that nutrition is important for us. It gives our bodies the nutrients we need to stay healthy‚ grow‚ and work properly. But when the nutritious traditional foods (i.e. oranges‚ fish‚ rice‚ meat‚ etc.) that have been grown and eaten for centuries becomes this scientific research project (genetically modified)‚ we are now left wondering if these foods are safe to eat. Can they lead to other serious issues? Way before scientists had learned to modify our foods‚ the human race has methodically
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Are What You Eat Introduction I. Think it ’s organic? Think again. II. Today we are going to talk about what makes a food organic and the changes in the industry. III. We are going to explore A. "Purists" view on what makes a food organic. B. "Big Box" influence on organics. C. Organic Standards Body I. Purists have a higher expectation of what organic means. A. Organics must be grown without man-made chemicals such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. They should not
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slowly raising the book‚ ready to strike the invader. WAIT! Stop to think about what you are doing. You are about to brutally murder one of the hardest working creatures on the planet. Instead of taking away the innocent insect’s life‚ you should be thanking it and the rest of the bee population for pollinating nearly 400 different species of plants that are important to the agriculture business.
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