Research found

 

• O'Malley, D. (2011). Updated four loko beverage doesn't pack same punch McClatchy - Tribune Information Services. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/862124743?accountid=13158
•  Public health; sen. klein & public health advocates unveil plan to combat underage 'alcopop' abuse (2011). NewsRx. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/860318741?accountid=13158

Bonding Over a Mascot

The author’s original questions could have been anything from what the Seminole mascot represented to the people in Florida, or to why the statues and mascot were seen as offensive to some nut not to those of Seminole descent. The purpose of the article is more or less to inform people about the Florida Seminole mascot, and explain why it isn’t offensive to most people, even those who are of Indian descent. The research that the author did was very helpful in proving his point. The author got quotes from important people that the issue concerned. He got a quote from other Florida State students who were of Indian descent, and they didn’t think that it was very offensive. They also got a quote from the Florida governor of Indian affairs, and he thought that it was offensive and outrageous. It shows you that most of the people who think that the Seminole is an offensive mascot are mainly the older people of Indian descent. Most of the younger kids and college students seem to think that it is ok, which is why it is nice that the author wasn’t biased. If they were biased it wouldn’t have been as good of an article because they wouldn’t have had any opposing arguments to oppose their beliefs, and there wouldn’t have been anything to research really.

Is Google making Us Stupid

I agree that Google is making us stupid. Google is making us stupid because it makes it so we don’t have to research or learn anything to understand something. Google allows us to just search for key words and we get the answer we are looking for. As the author stated in the article, the internet makes us unable to read in depth and stay focused is exactly what happened to me. I can’t focus enough now to read more than 8 pages at a time without getting completely distracted. Before the internet I could read a whole book in a weekend, and now I would be lucky if I could finish a book in a month without getting bored and just “googling” what the book is about. I couldn’t even stay focused enough to read all of this nine page paper. Will the internet as vast as it is it does all of the work that we used to have to do on our own. You can type in a key word or a phrase and it will give you thousands of results relating to that topic. The only example that I can think of that Google is actually helping us is because it gives us so much information. This limits the amount of useless searching for information in libraries, and can make us more productive by being more time efficient.

Joy Response

Bill Joy’s main concern is that people will become too dependent on robots, that we will use all of the robot’s decisions. Also that we won’t be able to maintain the intelligence that it takes to keep up our society that the robots will have to do everything for us and if we try to turn them off it would be suicide. Also that if the elite are in control of the most advanced machines as they are today, they may try to get rid of humanity and only leave the elite to rule the world. Some techniques that Joy uses to set up his argument are, examples of books that people have written on the issue, his own experiences in technology, and the progress of weapons of mass destruction, and how nanotechnology can be harnessed with only knowledge. The most effective example I think that he gives is how real nanotechnology can be created so easily with knowledge. He says that will bombs and other chemical warfare you need large areas to work and rare materials, but with nanotechnology you can simply control it with knowledge. Also how a bomb is made to only blow up once, where with this type of robotics they multiply thousands of time and can be even more devastating. I think that these issues of the human population becoming more dependent on robots and technology are very close. You see almost every day that there are new machines that can think and act on other machines without any human help. Already in most factories machines have replaced the human work force. Soon the skills and techniques that we know will be lost and the only ones who know how to keep our society running will be the robots. Especially as newer and better technology is released every day we are only moving towards a technology dominant civilization, and they will control us. 11 years from now I think this issue won’t even be one because it will have already happened. At the rate we are moving everything will be done for us. There will be cars that drive for us, and there are already at airports strips that walk for you and you don’t have to move. We will in 11 years become lazy an ultimately reguire some kind of technological help to go through our day.

Sunday's Proposal- Egypt and Middle east conflict

• http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/?gclid=CO752_jh3acCFcbc4AodTxcP-g
• http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/566454/201103180903/Energy-Stocks-Oil-Prices-Rise-On-Middle-East-Conflict.htm
• This is important because it is affecting global oil prices which we depend on

Saturday's proposal- Penn state's budget cuts

• http://www.publicopiniononline.com/localnews/ci_17641112
• http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer_news/montco-legislator-addresses-board-on-state-budget-cuts/article_bb6efaab-23fd-5c19-9a99-e631419eb349.html
• http://www.wnep.com/wnep-harrisburg-state-university-hearing-budget-cuts,0,6318475.story
• This issue abou the state cutting funding to state schools is important because it affects everyone who goes to penn state. Students from PA will now maybe have to pay full tuition price, and like me who is out of state will have to pay even more money to go here.

Friday's proposal- natural resources

• http://www.cnas.org/naturalsecurity?gclid=CLS49Y_f3acCFeM85QodeHNC_w
• http://www.nrdc.org/
• One global issue is the amount of natural resources we have left in the world. This is important because electricity and most of our cars use natural resources as fuel.