wikipedia

The wikipedia assignment that we had to do for class was very useful and eye opening.  I always knew that Wikipedia was not an accredited and valid source but I did not know much more about the site.  I knew that anyone at anytime can post whatever they please on whatever subject.  This means not that there are many personal views and insights and many skewed facts about the article.  There is no person who can check the postings and that is no good.  I also realized that along with bad information, there is no information at all about alot articles.  There are missing links and links that are not there anymore and and a whole more variety of things.  In Wikipedia, depending on who wrote the article there are many biases and personal opinions.  For example, some sites on global warming have a conservative opinion who obviously says that global warming does not exist and is made up.  On the other hand some sites on global warming say that global warming exists and is due to a variety of many things, these sites are many written by liberal authors.  I would not suggest to anyone to use Wikipedia for any type of project, paper, assignment etc.  It just is not worth it.  I think that my group did a great job and everyone deserves an A.  My partners did their part and did it well.  Everyone did their work on time.  We knew alot about the subject and worked very hard on it.

made to break/ part 3

The same issue arises with part 3, I think, than with part 2.  The development of all of these programs, devices, mainframes, consoles and so on.  I think that it is necessary to discuss the consequences of this crave for technology, rather than to embrace, admire and crave it.  I know that Americans we are impatient and needy and I understand that we want everything the day before yesterday.  But, we need to realize at what cost.  Another question that we must address is when will enough be enough.  How many computers, ipads, Ipods, cell phones and other devices do we need.  How much more connected can we get and at what price.  Not only can this technology be harmful to people, it may cause depression, reclusive attitudes, obesity and communication deficiencies among people.  But, the biggest problem is the issue of global warming and the amount of waste products being backed up all over the world.  One of the reasons why I am talking about these issues and the effects they ahve on global warming is because I am doing a report on global warming and I feel that some of the information in the book directly is related to the reasons that cause global warming in world.  First, the manufacturing of these products are causing gas emissions to go into the air to which causes global warming.  Second, the transportation of these products by ship, boat, plane, truck also cause problems and the last thing is the dismantling of all these products which causes health issues to the people and may damage the land with chemicals.  If we stop producing the greenhouse gas emissions right now, it will take one-hundred years in order to for all of the gases to go away and be dissolved.

made to break/ part 2

As we have learned in the first part of this book.  Waste from computers, phones, laptops and other types of communictation devices have began to pile up at an exponential rate.  This is very unfortunate becuase this is the age where devices like these are really starting to take off and millions of people want them.  Unfortunately, those people will get rid of their old computers, phones and laptops to make room for new ones.  These devices have to go somewhere and they are.  The production of all these devices are one of the reasons for global warming and the cause for many other issues, espescially health issues.  Many of our old products are sold to China where they are dismantled and destroyed.  Unfortunately, Chinese regulations on the safety of the disposal of these items are non-existant.  This leads to various health problems among the workers and the native population.  My blog my not be directly related to what we I have read  in the book, but something related indirectly.  This issue is much more important than the development of computers and these devices, but the consequences it brings to our world and the people living in it.  Everyday, millions of Americans communicate with each other and at a very fast pace.  But, we want better technology and we want it the day before yesterday.  What I am saying is that we have so much technology and we are so obsessed with all this technology but at what price.  For every new piece of technology created it automatically makes the old one complete.  Which than becomes garbage and is sent to some far off place.  This not only creates problems for those people, but it creates problems for the whole world.  We are rapidly outproducing ourselves and we are rapidly losing places to throw out the garbage.  This is becoming a problem, but also the issue of global warming.  When we produce all of these items and than we ship them all over the Earth it emites gases into the atmosphere.  We need to be aware of what we are doing to ourselves and the future of the human race.

made to break/ part one

In Slades, Made to Break, there are many interesting and important historical and modern facts which relate to the development of this country.  The historical facts are the developments of various items that our country uses and how they came about.  Such as, bandaids, cars, razors etc. These items were develope by very important and intelligent men, who took one idea and modified it for a better more marketable item.  One example is the bandaid.   It was developed until 1924.  The bandage was what people used to heal cuts but it was to large and not very effective.  It was than made smaller and used a chemical to make it sticky.  This was the development of the bandaid.  The next was the car, at first there was the tin lizzie which was noisy, smelly, homely and unreliable.  This was not very effective with people at the time, espescially women.  The upgrade to that was the model t.  It was not as noisy, cleaner, more modern and innovative, much more reliable and all at a good price.  This became a favorite for millions of people and everyone soon had to have it.  The reasons why these items became so popular was becuase of two reasons.  The people selling the cars knew what was wrong with the items and needed to make the more efficient and they knew how to market them.  Once they wer marketed a proper way, they exploded onto the scene and become extremely popular.  This relates to developments of this country because thousands are products have become popular today because of great marketing.  People believe that they need these products and than they have to have them.  The funniest thing is that we really do not need these products but the media plays such a big role in what we need but does not differentiate in what we dont need.

world and wikipedia part 2

When the online encyclopedia first came out it was a huge hit and had very positive results.  One of the reasons why we love this site is that it is a virtual world in which we can share information among people and throughout the world.  People in Africa can learn about information in the United States.  We can learn about infromation in Russia and they can learn about what is going on in South America.  We also love Wikipedia because it lets us be push the limits of being explicit writing whatever we want.  We love Wikipedia and we also hate it.  Many people say that it is very informative, but we do not ever think about what is wrong about.  Many people can say whatever they want to say on whatever subject and can bad mouth certain people, organizations or events.  If alot of people read those articles than it can be very, very embarrassing and upsetting to those people.  Now comes the question of illegality and slander, which can be a very nasty business.  Considering the good and bad of Wikipedia, the pros and cons are pretty much even.  Many people love Wikipedia and love using it.  I do not foresee it being abolished by any government in the world.   I personally, would do what I can to help abolish this site because it is not an accreditted web page.

world and wikipedia part 1

Wikipedia is a site on the computer in which you can read up on various subjects, people, events etc, in world history.  Wikipedia is world wide and can be read in hundreds of languages.  Millions of people use this tool everyday to do research and what not, but is it reliable? Alot of information on Wikipedia is true and correct, but alot of it is not.  The reason being for this is that anyone can go on the site and write anything they want on any subject.  This is not an accreditted source of information. This is why professors tell their students to avoid retreiving any infromation on the site and putting it in their papers.  This is why I do not use Wikipedia for any of my sources for my papers.  Thousands of people can edit anyone elses work on the site which is the reason for the quote, " The best feature of the site is that anyone can edit virtually anything,contained on it, the worst feature of the site is that anyone can edit virtually anything contained on it."   Although, many kids use this site for work and so on becuase they do nnot care about the validity of their work and alot of times they do not have to site it.  It is also used for people who like to post and write about certain subjects that interest them.  Although, do to the inaccuracy of many of the postings on Wikipedia, many companies such as Google have tried and succeeded to become partners with the site.  The reason for this is that the site gets many hits and is very popular.  This would help their profits and the notoriety.

technopoly/ part 2

In the second part of Technopoly I started to learn the machines and technology start to take over in many forms of ife for humans, such asrelationships, jobs and so on.  For example, the lie detector test became so popular that it eliminates complexity and doubt among people.  But, it also eliminates the x factor of situations which could prove to be dangerous.  This x factor could be your gut reaction eliminated or lie detectors could eliminate people from jobs who just got nervous under questioning and told the truth but was interpreted as a lie.  Also, the abilities that many people have could be eliminated by machines.  Such as, doctors who practice medicine would rely on machines and the traditional art of examining someone and establishing their illness would be wrong.  Also, many people who have abilites such as putting a car together, building a bridge, or building a house would be lost because machines would do all the work, which will eliminate the human component.  Since, the economy has been in a recession many companies have had to eliminate jobs from people and turned to machines and even robots to do some type of work.  This, unfortunately has taken jobs away from people, which left them in a tough position.  When the economy turns around these people will not be hired back because machines have taken aver their jobs.  Many people do think that machines and technology is a great thing, which in many cases it is, but in many cases there are many people out there who are suffering and having a hard time, due to the advancement of technology.  We need to embrace technology, but we also need to be aware of the consequences in which it brings.