Crichton talks about the dangers through the years that he’s ‘survived’. He provides examples from global cooling and warming to overpopulation, even swine flu. His view on the threats we face as a society is that we should stop scaring ourselves as the title entails. Speaking mainly on Americans, his article shows that their fears
The two pieces I found most moving during the History class this semester were “Disaster Apartheid: A World of Green Zones and Red Zones” and “An Inconvenient Truth” Both articles made reference to the radical adversity being faced by human, be it internationally through the constant threat of Global Warming, or be in nationally through the threat of discrimination due to ones race or social creed. In Naomi Klein's book, 'The Shock Doctrine' the chapter entitled "Disaster Apartheid" is the author’s interpretation of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe for the many flaws in the actions taken by the government in prevention, survival, and rehabilitation in New Orleans. She points out the lack of planning that allowed the effects of the hurricane to have impact of such magnitude while criticizing efforts made towards evacuation. Her writing argues the segregation of classes in New Orleans, allowing the middle and upper classes to drive to safety while the predominately black lower class was left helpless. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina show other mishandlings of the fragile situation by the government.
The post-apocalyptic setting plays upon the public’s fear of terrorism, genocide, weapons of mass destruction and pandemics. While the novel is both horror as well as an adventure that is epic, McCarthy deftly blends these elements with extreme naturalism that satisfies the reader while leaving no choice but to think about the ramifications of global destruction that may be brought on by political conflict leading to war as well as continual environmental abuse of our precious planet. It’s quite possible that Cormac McCarthy has created one of the most important environmental books ever written . An amusing point in the book is when the man gives the boy his first Coca-Cola. It’s in this part of the book that creates a cultural and societal commonality that the reader can identify within regards to a moment being created into a memory when an individual reflects on sharing a favorite food or soda with their parent for the very first time.
Newly-elected president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had set the tone in America when in his inaugural speech he said, “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.” Seeing as the United States was in a depression, this statement seemed absurd and foolish. He may have done more during his twelve years to change American society and politics than any of his predecessors. Some of this was the product of circumstances; the Great Depression and the rise of Germany and Japan were beyond Roosevelt’s control, but his responses to the challenges he faced made him a defining figure in American history. What did Roosevelt mean by saying all Americans had to fear, was fear? He was saying that as long as the American citizens remained immobile
This will lead us into a case where, Pfizer failed to keep its commitment to corporate social responsibility as one of the most successful pharmaceutical companies, the choice they made to choose to bear unethical behavior in 1996. “Given the risks and costs of developing a new drug, pharmaceutical companies will jump at oppor- tunities to reduce them, and Pfizer thought it saw one” (Hill, pg 139, 2011). The case in point is the event that Pfizer gave its novel antibiotic “Trovan” to allegedly sick children without the consent of the parents when there was a serious outbreak of meningitis in Kano Nigeria. Pfizer’s choose the risk route and chose to ignore the children’s personal safety in testing. For personal gain and envious reason, this is was a violation of commercial ethics.
How a Penn State debacle could happen at your company July 16, 2012: 11:44 AM ET The meltdown at Penn State could happen anywhere, under the right conditions. By Jill Geisler (Poynter.org) -- The Freeh Report is a chilling indictment of the leadership at Penn State. People at the top build, sustain, or change organizational culture, and clearly, Penn State needed a radical change. It took a tragedy to make people believe it. Rather than looking upon it like head-shaking witnesses to a horrific train wreck, let's focus on how situations like these evolve, because, in truth, a leadership failure of this sort could happen to any of us.
The high content of carbon causes global warming and global warming causes climate change. These changes are destroying our blue planet and making the ecosystem become sicker. Unfortunately, all the high content of carbon was released by human activities. We must reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions in the next two to three years, or we will lose our natural environment that we depend upon for survival. The 11th Hour shows us the consequences of irreversible global warming that have already begun to affect our life and environment.
War on HIV/AIDS It has been proven time and time again that a lack of knowledge breeds ignorance and with ignorance comes destruction. Just shy of thirty years since the first HIV/AIDS case evolved, it is no longer an epidemic it is now a pandemic. Georgia is no exception to the effects of this rapidly growing health destruction to mankind. Knowledge is the most important factor in dominating your opponent. In this paper, conventional arguments ranging from the economic proposition, psychological factors to the political involvement of this pandemic will be covered.
Perhaps Zuckerberg is correct, Facebook is changing the world quite literally. This essay will examine the Zuckerberg effect on the Arab Spring beginning in Tunisia. December 17, 2010 was a sad day for the world. One would think that a mature world society would learn from history. In our own country, African-Americans went through hell for no good reason; they suffered lynching, burnings and all manner of atrocities.
No one stops for a moment to question this prescription in the light of the obvious fact that you can't have infinite growth in a finite world. The world is slowly becoming aware of resource depletion, especially the issue of peak oil which, even according to the most optimistic experts, is only a few years away; global warming is causing serious environmental problems all over the world; environmentalists tell us of the great extinction taking place and the loss of biodiversity; and