Is the Internet Bad For You? Socrates feared writing would make us forgetful. He believed written knowledge didn’t give us the same wisdom as oral knowledge (100). Hieronimo Squarciafico‚ the Italian humanist‚ believed the easily available books that the printing press provided would lead to weaker minds (100). Writing and the easy access to books‚ two of the world’s biggest discoveries‚ yet they were seen as things that would harm people rather than help. Nicholas Carr advocates the harmfulness
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Income Inequality Leads to Discontinued Schooling and Further Social Problems In “Why Inequality is Bad for You – and Everyone Else‚” Richard Wilkinson states that “A wide range of social problems are worse in societies with bigger income differences between rich and poor” (Wilkinson). I agree with Wilkinson that income inequality does bring some social and ethical problems. According to Duncan and Murnane’s article “Growing Income Inequality Threatens American Education‚” there was an increasing
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Although sugar is seen as the bad guy in today’s food‚ we as humans need sugar as much as any other food or in some cases drugs to live happy and healthy lives. From two different viewpoints Robin Konie and Sarah Richards‚ express their viewpoints on the controversial subject of sugar. No matter what‚ humans need sugar in their daily diets. To be healthy your cells require sugar as a nutrient. “Our cell health is critical to overall health. If the cells are nourished we have the right foundation
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Racism is something we’ve all seen. Racism is very bad and offensive. Racism can be harmful to others. It’s very disrespectful to black people. Some people believe that racism will never be fixed. Here are reasons why racism is bad and how we can help. Blacks are most of the time be treated terrible‚ and we need to start treating them with respect and kindness. Some blacks don’t have shelter and have to sleep in the streets. Some blacks don’t have money for food. Many have fought in war and saved
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their entire life. That’s why I’m going to argue against gambling and why gambling is a bad thing. People have been gambling for hundreds of years‚ so it’s not a brand new thing. What is new though‚ is that gambling has reached its way to younger people and even children. This is what concerns me. Underaged gambling is illegal. The law isn’t there to put young people off‚ it was made for a reason. If you’re underaged and start gambling you might
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involved. My personal opinion on this topic is that cosmetic surgery on teens should definitively be banned. I don’t think that teens who are 16-17 years old would be able to make such a decision. Because when you are in that age your body is filled with hormones which makes it difficult for you to accept your body as it is. Parents should also get more involved and tell the teen that he/she is perfect just the way they are. There is only one situation where I would find it acceptable for teenagers
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but if you don’t have that personality it can destroy relationships‚ it becomes a really bad habit‚ and the people who did trust you might not trust you a little or at all. Lying is bad because it destroys relationships by when you lie people don’t want to be friends with a liar. If you lie people who wanted a relationship with you might not want one with you any more because you’re a liar. Also lying destroys relationships by when you lie people stop trusting you then more won’t trust you until
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Progress is always occurring‚ in good ways and bad ways. But for the most part‚ progress is usually bad even though it may seem good. No one can look into the future and say‚ “Hey‚ don’t do that‚ it’s not going to work out” which is why progress should be seen as a bad thing. If someone were to look back on history and look very closely at the things that changed the world for the better‚ they would see that it was in fact a bad thing that happened. One case that can clearly show this is the Industrial
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PETA‚ (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)‚ They finally came out and said‚ “they needed more room in the zoo.” My opinion is‚ they should’ve just donated the animal to another zoo or let it free. This is why i think zoos are bad. Zoochosis. Another reason why I think zoos are bad is because these animals develop a disease called Zoochosis. Zoochosis is a disease animals get when there inside an enclosure for too long. According to PETA‚ (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)‚ Zoochosis
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paralyze other small animals and hurt people‚ this is hard to stop as they can sting even if they’re dead‚ if you don’t want to get stung but see the animal washed up on the shore you could use a shovel to pick them up and throw them back in or keep them for whatever you want but that might be a bad idea to keep them unless you were studying them or cooking them. Another reason why the animal is bad is because they reproduce at rapid rates ( up to 40‚000 per jellyfish) and this is proven by Rosalind Fonem
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