Cody Janowski 12/2/10 English Comp Assignment 4 The Internet has undoubtedly changed the way people live their lives. Any information we could possibly want- and more- is at our disposal, and has made life for us incredibly convenient and easy; some, however, might say too easy. One of these people is Nicholas Carr, author of the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” featured in the July/August 2008 edition of The Atlantic. Carr argues that the Net seems to be slowly demolishing our abilities to concentrate on one subject, as well as contemplate information, based on the ease of access to everything the Internet provides today. I agree with Carr to an extent; however I would say that his theory most certainly does not apply to everyone.
Another one of my peers, Catherine Arrighi, majoring in business says “if you think about it, consumerism can be a good thing because there are people always trying to invent ‘the next big thing’ therefore stimulating many minds to an endless possibility of inventions and creative ideas” (Arrighi). She points out that, without consumerism everything would be just the same normal day-to-day stuff, we would never have anything new. She also says that “we condemn and criticize consumerism so frequently, yet we are the ones falling subject to it” (Arrighi). What she says is absolutely true, we can criticize about consumerism all we want but we still fall victim to it. Many people have many
All the employees were working efficiently and productively. From the outside all the employees seemed to be satisfied in their performance, but the snag was really they were getting stagnant and not very satisfied in the job. The manager is seeing how down all the employees are and calls a meeting with him or her. The manager asks that all of them bring their results back so that they can review them. The manager also brings the meeting minutes from when they first meet and set up how they wanted this project to go what he or she expected and wanted out of it.
Tevin Hutchinson 11/10/2012 English 102 Technology plays a huge role in our everyday life. I do believe that technology has made our lives easier, but it also has made us more dependent on the technology itself. When using the internet for a dictionary you could easily get distracted. Anyone can put anything on the internet, so what you find might not be accurate. Most people find that looking things up on the internet is distracting because you are already on the web so why not check YouTube for a funny video, or update your status on the social network.
The conversation started with a short briefing of what was going to be discussed for anyone who hasn’t been informed, after the briefing everyone had to mind map the budget and then put our idea across, whilst doing these the group leader realised their was some confident people were as the others were less confident in a new environment for this reason the group leader planned to discuss the rules at ‘The Warren’ which is underlined as no judging. Towards the end we had loads of ideas on how the budget could be used successfully. The conversation was very formal because it was a very important meeting for staff and attendees at ‘The Warren’. In relation to Tuckman’s theory, all of the basic foundations and stages are present. Which shows that Tuckman’s theory even in forced conversations still occur which shows that we must have learnt from the previous meeting how a conversation is to be held.
Learning from mistakes is simple. The characters in the book just choose not to learn. Only one character chooses to stay safe and avoid conflict - Randy. Randy is wise to say, "I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good" (117). One can avoid conflict by stating their mind - by just not joining in the event one thinks is trouble.
He has a strange fascination and curiosity with Gatsby’s shady past, and hangs around him to try to discover more about him. Fitzgerald uses Nick as innocent bystander that gets needlessly caught up in the drama of others. He is the only morally solid character in the book and has only good intentions in his heart. “‘Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’” (5) This is Nick’s worldview. He is not judgmental of anyone, is very open-minded and is friendly to most people.
Never to be in debt, and never to be lazy is what he advises his readers to do and for himself. He stated that he will do the same. Everyone needs to help themselves by not being lazy and doing their work if they want to be successful. There will be enough time to sleep when a person is in the grave, but for now, everyone must work for their well-being. These colonists looked upon Benjamin Franklin as an idol and wanted any and all advice they could get from
ShareNet attempts to capture the knowledge and experience of Siemen's many dispersed sales and marketing units around the globe, making it available to all. ShareNet has been funded as a corporate initiative, free to all who whish to use it. However the telecommunications market has collapsed, the coporate groups who run ShareNet are under increasing pressure by the board to reduce costs. Therefore, they are contemplating charging users who subscribe to the knowledge management tool; the belief is that the users currently utilizing the system will be willingly to pay for continued usage. However, this relies heavily, on being able to demonstrate that the knowledge mangement system has a positive return on investment for the users which is a very challenging and difficult task.
Franzen then goes on to write about how technology has made living much more “likeable”, it is much easier to like something in cyberspace than in real life. He appeals to his readers through pathos. He tries to speak to our feelings by saying “We can handle being disliked now and then, because there is such an infinitely big pool of potential “likers”. But to expose your whole self, not just the likable surface, and to have it rejected, can be catastrophically painful.” He claims people are having a relationship to their cell phone and other technological devices. Throughout the entire essay Franzen uses arguments saying we do not appreciate the physical world enough.