Engineering: In class we read a pamphlet filled with predictions about the future. The most surprising prediction I read was one that said our lifespan gains 3 months every year. "Our lifespan 4 years ago, the lifespan was 79 years, now it is 80 years" (Gollub). With each year, the increase is increasing - meaning in a short matter of time people will be living long past 100 years old. That's just crazy to me that everyone will naturally be living so long. Will we ever reach immortality then?
The job fair/interview was pretty authentic in the sense that there were many levels people had to go through in order to get the job. The interviews were really casual which made them less realistic, and they occurred the day after people signed up at the job fair. To make it more authentic, I would suggest we hold the job fair at least a week before the interviews take place, and that the interviews are held in separate rooms (it was a bit noisy and unrealistic having all of the producers in the same room). I learned that I can manage a hiring process! I ran a booth at the job fair and lead 12 interviews which was a new experience for me. English: Advertising is a large reflection of our society. Not only does it target young children, but it also pits companies against each other and manipulates people into buying products. I definitely believe advertising casts a negative reflection on our society, but because basically every other country does it too, it's typically overlooked. I think there should be restrictions on advertising to children. Kids can't tell the difference between advertisements and television programming, so they are easily manipulated. I think advertising to children fosters bad behavior in kids; a child will see an advertisement for a toy on television and will most likely throw a temper tantrum to get the toy. I think there should be restrictions on television and internet advertisements to children - less advertisements and age appropriate ones. It's not appropriate for beer companies to put ads on typical child television networks or internet sites.
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Engineering: I am a producer for this project, and it's been all about organization this week. I've learned to look at plans with both a holistic and detail oriented eye. A holistic eye because I have had to look at my project and figure out what specialists I need and organize a schedule and budget - and work hard not to forget to think about every little piece. But this has also been a detail oriented process because I have had to take into account every moving piece in the puzzle that is my VR. I have had to think really hard about how my VR will actually run and what I need from each specialist. It's been challenging to figure out exactly how many specialists and how much time I need to give them for each task because I don't know how tedious, say, 3D-Modeling a desk, will actually be. I was really pleased though to hear people talking about how excited they are to help me with my VR project: a happy team makes for a better product. Next week I'd like to establish a solid production team and begin working on all of the different aspects since they can be worked on simultaneously.
English: This week we studied propaganda and doublespeak and it was very eye-opening for me. I've always known these two manipulation techniques existed, but I never realized how subtle they can be, how often they occur, and how dangerous they are. I realized this week how deceiving our world is, and how careful we need to be, and now I wonder - how much has this deception affected my life without me even knowing it? Why is doublespeak legal? In the case with the resource park in Kansas, the government straight up deceived the public and was only caught because one man decided to actually ask what a "resource park" was. By asking he shed light on the fact the government was proposing to put a dump in his neighborhood. This just showcases how deceiving doublespeak is and how untruthful and unlawful it is. Why has doublespeak become the norm? |
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