Practice CATW #3 The Net is The Real World

Practice CATW #3

                As the technology is showing improvements, unfortunately that is give more access to some sick people to use their power to invade other’s privacy. The Internet has lot of influence on us regardless we want it or not. We read it, we depend on it.  We, human beings made the machines, and at some point we are responsible what we are doing with them or by them. The point which the essay is trying to make is the machines by them self are not harm to the society, but those people who use them. The cruelty of the human being is not the modern technology’s fault.

                I have lots of friends who has have tried the “miracle” of the online dating. Most of the cases, people put very different pictures about them self or making comments which are so far from their personality or act like they are some celebrity. That shows, in real life they would never do something like that, but “on-screen”, everything is possible, you can say or do whatever you want. In my opinion, sooner or later you need to face the reality and dare to show who you are. That’s why I’m not a big fan of, I actually never been, some “cyber-dating”. I like the pure, honest truth, even if it hurts.

                Unfortunately, nowadays the Net is everywhere, influence our life every day. Millions of people got informed through that. That means, if there is something on the net, it works like someone said it out loud on the radio or put that on the eyewitness news. Everybody will know about that, everybody will talk about that.  Since we have the net, it works just like that. For some people, the fame comes along this way, and I’m referring to Paris Hilton worldwide famous debut on the Net few years ago.

As psychology professors were broadcasting, using the net to target innocent individuals has lead to people who like to use their hidden personality to bully other persons and make their life miserable. Actually, few weeks ago, there was a heartbreaking news about a young teenager, who committed suicide because of bulling at her high school and it has all started with a facebook comment.

               

Reflection: I need to work on the lenght of my essay and more vocabulary.

 

Blog Entry 3.2. Rewrites of CAT #2 The Cyborg Advantage

The Cyborg   Advantage

                Let’s face it; the curiosity of human being is unlimited. We always want to know how can we expand our brain or improve our logical thinking. We barely use the whole capacity of our head/brain, but even with that small percentage, we created a very similar object to us; the computers. Without human thinking and a “can-do” spirit, computers would never exist.

                So, basically, it really comes on hand to have a computer, because we could have situation, when we might need some extra help by digital assistance .As a team, humans and computers could make an unbeatable combination, work much better together. Like in chess, there are endless analyzing of difficult decisions before you actually do them, so it’s definitely helpful to have an “extra brain” around.

                I guess, the basic idea was to make our life comfortable by letting us do less calculation on papers. The first abacus was made by pearls, helping to replace actual numbers. Later on, when we made simply calculators and the very first computer, which was huge by the way, and has a size like a class room, humans were trying to reduce the time, what was used doing hard calculations.

                Chess is a great way to develop mathematical and logical thinking. In this game, there are many steps that you need to thinking through, involving a lot of strategy that is why teachers recommend that to play in early childhood with the children; because it will help to learn how to solve math problems and it will go to improve logical thinking as well.

                There is another difference between us and the human created computers. I never forget that, what one of my elementary math teacher told me once. She said:”The most intelligent computer is the human brain.” Despite that fact, a computer will never create an individual thing: feeling, human emotion or even intuition. Those things are not based on some logical algorithm; they don’t have any code a computer is capable to translate. That is something experts still need to work on.

                Nowadays, we need to confess that fact, we are very relying on computers. Hand in hand, like master and servant, we serve the world every single day. We can’t live without each other. There was a movie in the early 90’s called “Terminator”. The director, James Cameron had a dream, he confessed, about the future, when cyborgs will lead the world and we (humans) will be the part of the rebels, fighting for our own life. The story goes back and forth in time, shows that how the first robots and cyborgs were created by us and how they became our enemy. I think having control over machines is very important; otherwise we will end up just like in this movie. The computers have been created by us. It’s just up to us how careful we are to let the robotechnology control our life. Machines made for helping us, for example, doing extra difficult calculations which human brain’s capacity would not be able to handle. Once again, it needs to be emphasized that fact; computers were made by humans.

Blog entry 4.1 Personal Electric Devices

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Claim:
Personal electric devices are in our life at every minute. Let's face it; we need them, to make our life even more comfortable.

Reason:
Electricity is great thing to have. It helps to maintain our life on lots of different way.

Evidence/examples
Before you are going to bed, the last thing on your mind is how to get yourself prepared by tomorrow. To make sure that you will wake up on time, you need to use an alarm, which is, of course, works by electricity most of the cases.

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Blog entry 2.3 c The Clone Technology

If I can hear that word “clone”, the first thing is automatically comes to my mind is, artificiality. It does not matter if we are talking about human, animal or food cloning, the result is the same; something not natural. It might be the reason why I don’t like them, because I’m an organic girl, I prefer “not’-too-much-processed” things around me. What is cloning means exactly? When the media report on cloning in the news, they are usually talking about only one type called reproductive cloning. There are different types of cloning however, and cloning technologies can be used for other purposes besides producing the genetic twin of another organism. To "clone a gene," a DNA fragment containing the gene of interest is isolated from chromosomal DNA using restriction enzymes and then united with a plasmid that has been cut with the same restriction enzymes. When the fragment of chromosomal DNA is joined with its cloning vector in the lab, it is called a "recombinant DNA molecule. That is it about the scientist side of the cloning. My very first strawberries I have tried here in the US were looked so delicious but when I have tasted them, they were absolutely tasteless. One of my friend said that, they are clones, artificially produced fruits that is why they look alike, same size, same color. That is so artificiant to me.

Blog entry 2.3 b Xmas tree

Artificial Christmas tree

The weather is getting chillier as we are approaching to the end of the year. A very popular celebration is coming. It’s XMAS TIME!!! I have always loved the smell of the tree, that fresh, nothing to compare pine fragrance…When I was a little child, that holiday wouldn‘t have been whole without that.

As we are getting ready for this this beautiful tradition, people always buy the original pine trees at the markets and decorate it with candles, cookies or even put handmade ornaments on it. Of course, as a child it was so much fun, but after I grew up, I started to understand that, how cruel is to the nature to cut all those trees, just to looking at them, decked out in all their finery and then throw them away after few days .What a waste!

When the first artificial pine trees showed up, I thought, I’m going to miss the feel of the evergreen, the smell of the pine. I actually, never really have been a big fan of any plastic stuff. It is just not the real thing. In this case, I was kind of happy to find a better solution to not waste that many trees, even if I have to sacrifice my selfish needs. Yes, plastic Christmas trees are very artificial to me, but I found a very nice pine fragrance spray to solve the problem for me, so at least smells like a real tree! Anyway, when you decorate them nicely, you cannot see the difference that much!

Blog entry 2.3 a, The cleaning robot

I like having friends around me. I often invite them to come visit me at my place. Sure thing, I don’t want them to sit down in the middle of a huge mass. I’m not a clean freak, but I prefer cleanliness. So, as I was cleaning my apartment, I thought how cool would be to have a robot, which can make this whole cleaning done for me within less time than I can do. Just to satisfy my curiosity, I started to look around in stores and on the web, what is available out there, and look what I have found?!A CLEANING ROBOT!!!!!!!!!!Well, I thought, my problem is solved. But on second thought, I guess I can make a better job cleaning by myself, meaning, I guess I could reach corners, lifting up rugs etc… I really do know how to cleanJ.

So, to me, even it’s a big temptation to have something like that in my life, it’s still too “robotic”. I know, artificial intelligence has almost no limits to create individual things, but a human brain for instance, cannot be replaced, ever. I have always been mesmerized by robots and their technology, what they can do to make our life easier. My favorite is that one, which is able to speak different languages like C3-PO in that movie called StarWars. I wish that I could do the same!

I’m still thinking that there are many things that you cannot replace by robot technology.

Blog entry 2.2 The Truman Show CATW #1 practice

    Since the movie called; The Truman Show has released, many people have a sign with such a weird mental sickness. The syndromes are very similar to that main character’s personality, who starred in the movie. The Truman Show, as the passage indicates, is about a young man, who one day, figured that fact out, that his whole life was just a reality show, with actors and non-real characters.

    I can absolutely agree with that fact, the Truman Show brought a new wave in our life. I’m not even a psychologist, but I’ve realized that, since we have more communicative technology in our life, for some people, it is just more available, therefore the majority of our society got delusional, or mentally sick.

    There is a mental issue called Hypochondria, which means, people develop unrealistic fear of a serious sickness. Most of the cases, the health issue is not even exists, it’s just the imagination, but those people deeply believe that, they are actually physically sick. Even if they see something on TV, like some “trendy” physical or mental sickness, you can bet on that, sooner or later, they start to produce the symptoms. I have a relative, my grandmother, who is the living proof of this thing, is really going on. Usually, those people don’t want anything else but attention from the family to lift their loneliness.

    I, personally, blame all the communication including TV, internet, just mentioned the biggest ones. It’s definitely our urban problem .As we got far in our technology; everything became more comfortable, so this way, we just kind of copied lot of things, what we have seen on TV or on the net. There are many side effects of watching TV or surfing the web too much. Many research pointed out that, TV creates great harm not only by its influence, but also by what it prevents.

  The author states very clearly that, this disease is among us, and gives serious conditions for many people. Some of them are not even able to work, because of their condition. The passage even claims the medical observations and all the publicity, which this mental problem causes. Researchers, psychologists trying to find solutions for this sickness. Hopefully, their work will give hope for  people to get better, feel better, and live better.

Blog entry 2.1 Artifacts for the altruist type part 5 "Friends"

One of my favorite sitcom is the FRIENDS .The TV show is practically over for long time ago,(the last episode was on the air in 2004)  but you can still watch that here and there .It started on the channel called HBO , and it became very popular within short time. The main characters are 3 girls, and 3 guys, Rachel, Phoebe, Monica, Ross,  Chandler and Joey .They are always there for each other, solving problems, sometimes on the silly way, what makes the whole show very funny. Some people might say, this is just a dumb show, about 6 “average”  young New Yorkers, but I still like it, because sometimes I can see myself in one of the character as a caregiver, who is always try to help.

Blog entry 2.1 Artifacts for the altruist type part 4. Superman

Superman as an altruist character?

Yes! If you are thinking through, Superman is always there when somebody needs help. He is strong, powerful and absolutely unselfish. He has no problem to if you are getting in trouble, he is going to have your back. He is the American idolized dream; strong, thoughtful, handsome and committed. His willingness to sacrifice himself for others shows such a great character. Happiness, in his life, always comes at second place .Even he is “just” a cartoon figure, he became the symbol of the altruism. I know that, in real life we have so many people we can definitely call “Superman", because of their similar personality.

Blog entry 2.1 Artifacts for the altruist type part 3 :The painting

 

  This paintings called, Belisaire demandant l'aumone  and was made  by Jacques-Louis David in 1781.As you can see on the picture, the woman in the long dress is donating something to the older warrior, who holds a hungry child. In that century (18 th), people were suffering of the poverty, every generous portion of the wealthy aristocracy was a fortune. The painting clearly shows that, the soldier in the front is begging for some food or any other thing can help him to survive that day. You can see a younger a soldier  in the back,  terrified by that fact the young lady is giving away. It states, helping is more than just a friendly gesture.

Blog entry 2.1 Artifacts for the altruist type part 2. REM Everybody Hurts

Here is my other favorite song by R.E.M., called Everybody hurts. This epic ballad about us, people, whose one time has been hurt, but there is always hope. The lead singer, Michael Stipe explained it as a song for people going through tough times -- and saying "It happens to everyone, and I'm here for you." I feel the same way, my heart is going out for those people, who had difficult times. The song even touch some base of suicidal issues, having some dark sides at some point. Anyway, basically there is always someone, who is looking out for you.

My archetype

According to the test we have been through, my archetype is ALTRUIST.This word means, that one who is unselfish, always put everone else as a first priority before him/herself.The opposite of the egoist.Well, all I know is that; I always liked to help others, no matter what.Sometimes I'd like to be a little bit more selfish towards to myself, because  sacrificing  yourself is not always good.People take advantage on that.