topics in digital cultureQUESTION 1 - The concept singularity is a hypothesis on the not so far future of human life on earth. According to Ray Kurzweil‚ the scientist‚ inventor‚ futurist and author of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology; singularity is a stage in our near future where technological development will start to accrue at an inconceivable speed that normal humans cannot keep up with‚ let alone contain. This possible technological change‚ which is not recognizable to
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In a guest column‚ Computers vs. Brains on the Opinionator of The New York Times‚ Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang analyzed some of the arguments by inventor Raymond Kurzweil‚ one of the leading inventors of our time‚ in his most recent futurist manifesto: “The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology” (2005). Kurzweil estimates that machines will inevitably be able to surpass our thinking capabilities within a few decades. Kurzweil’s speculative reasoning has been heavily debated and challenged
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Book Review – The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a written collaboration between Malcolm X and author Alex Haley. It is the story of Malcolm X’s life from his perspective‚ describing life events and realizations from childhood‚ through multiple phases of reinvention and enlightenment‚ and concluding with the chapter 1965‚ which was the same year as his death. This final chapter establishes Malcolm X’s general outlook on his life‚ where he discusses his understanding
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better the Native Americans. Instead‚ they were really enriching the black with motivation to succeed and the Native Americans with the want to be great and to prove that they were nothing less than the palefaces. The man who is narrating “From the Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man” is astonished at the fact that the man of color was a physician and “a graduate of Howard University‚ Washington” as well as had completed “post-graduate work in Philadelphia” (Johnson pg. 1013). All this time people were
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Hello‚ I am touching base regarding TaiJuan’s credits. TJ attended summer school he needed .50 credit which he completed. TJ also‚ needed Geography 9 needed .19 credits he completed .24 in summer school. When he completed those credits he was moved into Civics 9 and US History 10A. From my understanding Champlin Park students completes Civics in the 9th grade however‚ in South Washington Public Schools (Park High School) students do not complete Civics until 12th grade. TJ completed both night
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“A book is a dream that hold in your hand‚” wrote Nail Gaiman. According to Huff post poll‚ twenty-eight percent of people today will never know what that dream is about. They would rather read tweets or Instagram posts. But for me I want to live in that dream. Books are like a journey you want to travel and never want to leave. My reading obyssey was different from others because my dad was from a different country and he didn’t know how to speak English too well. So I have had to learn
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Born in 1964‚ Bobby Flay opened his first restaurant‚ Mesa Grill‚ in 1991‚ winning immediate acclaim. He made his first appearance on the Food Network in 1994 and soon became a television celebrity chef such as his fellow celebrity chefs Mario Batali‚ Emeril Lagasse‚ and Rachael Ray. Flay has hosted several Food Network shows‚ such as Grill It. According to Bio True Story (2012) Bobby Flay’s first professional restaurant job was in 1982 just when he had left school. Working at Joe Allen’s he moved
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Being born a reader‚ is the way I describe my life. Sounds nice right‚ sounds powerful and like this is going to an uplifting story time. Well I’m lost. I started on a path with certainty and joy but now I am lost. I feel as if I was pushed from the road that I had chosen for myself by the society that I live within. The choices that are made are always influenced in some way by your society‚ right? But then I think‚ maybe I wasn’t pushed‚ but just standing on the edge and I just needed a nudge.
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I am Racheal Flannery. I’m 19 years old. I was born November 7th 1997 in Louisville‚ Kentucky. I have 4 brothers and 2 sisters. My parents are divorced‚ but have remarried since. My childhood was pretty hectic. In result to my parents being divorced I felt as if I was a pawn in some game. When I got older I stayed mostly with my father. He never allowed me to do much fun‚ so I had to make school my fun. That’s when I realized I wanted to be a teacher. Many have asked me why I want to be a teacher
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I was born in 1994 to Dawn Mowbray and Paul Squeteri. I was the first child of five. My biological brother‚ Aaron Mowbray–Squeteri‚ was born in 1996. Within that same year‚ my parents filed for divorced. In 1998 my dad married Sheena Yates‚ who had a 1 year old son‚ Eugene Booth. In 1999 my dad had another daughter‚ my half–sister‚ Yasmyn Squeteri. In 2000 my half–brother‚ Mark Sweeney‚ was born to my mom and step–dad‚ Brian Sweeney. My mom had sole custody of me and my biological brother Aaron.
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