Our inability to eat well: Marcuse’s description of a one-dimensional society What is a one-dimensional society? Why are we unable to eat well? Marcuse claims that the one-dimensional society is a dominant society that seeks to justify the domination of one group or class over another and simplify reality when achieved. This ties into…
Imagine it’s 10 years in the future and you can “fix” your children’s genetic “problems” before they are born. Write a substantial story about this. Or, write an essay examining where the line ought to be (either morally or legally) with procedures like this. Can we, for example, draw a line between therapy and enhancement?…
Can I have your Social Security number? During class, we were discussing the idea that we may not have as much privacy as we think we do. Many said that we still have some form of privacy, while others argued that there is a lot we do not know and our privacy could be a…
Mix and Match I recently watched the movie Ex Machina directed by Alex Garland. The movie consists of a man named Caleb Smith a programmer at a huge Internet company, who wins a contest that enables him to spend a week at the private estate of Nathan Bateman, his firm’s brilliant CEO. He is asked…
Is the cheaper thing the right thing? Have you noticed a trend lately? Or better yet a new movement? The term sustainability in the fashion industry has been getting a lot of attention for many reasons? Fast fashion has had many effects on our Earth both on nature and humans. Fast fashion in summary is…
“The county also determined that the project will not significantly affect water quality, threatened or endangered species or other natural, cultural or recreational resources.” Bell, Tracey. “Garrisonville Road to Get Wider.” INSIDENOVA.COM, 10 July 2014, www.insidenova.com/news/stafford/garrisonville-road-to-get-wider/article_a4d87a30-7a50-5784-9458-e8ac2fa5a4a6.html. Humanity has discovered a way to benefit from nature but not return the favor. We have found a way…
Are you being watched? The topic of surveillance tends to make people uncomfortable. However, the truth of the matter is we are always being watched. If we are in stores the security cameras are watching us, some families have at-home security systems, public transportation has cameras. You may have heard the expression “once it’s put…
Foucault argues that “discipline” can be used by any political organization. In our case, democracy uses discipline to “control” its citizens even though democracy is founded on the idea that the people hold power. The use of discipline is used in many forms. In our case, we pour down the discipline from top to bottom.…
Write a poem about a river. A real river. That you have experienced. You can stand in the same river twice its always changing, always moving I am like the river always changing, always moving Once I waddled on the edge of the river now I dive deep with the current when the river is…
What is Technology? I decided that it would be fitting as an introduction to this course to ask questions about what is technology? Who cares? Why should anyone care how “technology” is defined? After reading what Heidegger and Dusek had to say about the subject, I think I had a firm enough grasp of it.…
