...The notion of semiautonomous machines battling our wars for us, to some extent, still seems like something out of Star Wars. Imagine how advantageous it would be to have legions of C3P0’s with laser rifles and R2D2’s that shoot laser guided rockets. Over the past several decades innovations in military technology have changed the course of military tactics and warfare itself. Drones have transcended themselves from the pages of science-fiction to the articles of science-fact, thus our need to utilize them in battle has grown exponentially. With their inception comes the debate of whether or not to mass produce smaller models or produce smaller numbers of larger models has only begun (Springer 39). The fact that droids can emulate human cognition and process vast amounts of information pertaining to given situations make the desire to implement them into war all that more tempting. “The inherent advantages of drones -- most of all, not placing pilots or ground forces at risk of being killed or captured -- have lowered the threshold for the use of force” (Zenko,”The Next Drone Wars”). Nothing could have been more truthful, it also brings up several factors concerning the proliferation of Drones, or more specifically UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and the like. Has lowering the threshold for the use of force had a positive impact on international relations or has it hurt our means towards diplomatic resolutions? The ramifications for such a powerful addition to a nation’s arsenal...
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...How Little Is Too Much: Destructive Results of the Internet With the increase in the use of technology, the internet has allowed us to expand our minds, become more educated and assist us in connecting with others. On the other hand, the internet has also put us in a position of having information compromised, as well as being exposed to too much information, and opening the door to various unhealthy perceptions of beauty and additions associated with those perceptions. Unrealistic media images that are presented on the internet, in movies, magazines and models make it difficult for the average American woman to follow. Analysis of females, fictional or real, show a bias towards body weight well below the recommended size and weight for people in their age group. As a result, females who are unable to conform to the idea being put forth in the media are taking extreme measure to be more like their role models. Those that fall short of the idea of the “perfect” body shape can be vulnerable to depression, poor self-esteem, and general body dissatisfaction. With the increase in technology, we have more exposure to unrealistic standard for beauty. One example of this downside to technology is that of pro-eating disorder websites which are simply known as pro-ana/pro-mia websites. “Ana” is short for anorexia nervosa. It is a common eating disorder where individuals obsess about weight, what they eat and how much exercise they participate in. “Mia” is the shortened form of bulimia...
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...Internet and TV: How much is too much for young children? Na’Shaye Lewis English 112 How much TV and gaming, educational or not, is too much for young children? In the USA, 47% of children ages 2 to 18 years old have a television set in their bedrooms. On a typical day, they spend an average of 5.5 hours using media; including television, computer games, and the Internet. (Kaiser Family Foundation Newsletter, 2001) While there are a lot of different television and online educational sites that can be beneficial to a child’s education, parents should often monitor or regulate the amount of TV and Internet young children watch because it inhibits social development, shortens children’s attention span, and sometimes it is not always intellectually stimulating. Social development can simply be explained as improving the well-being of an individual in society so they can reach their full potential. A society success is directly linked to the well-being of each individual citizen. With so many things on TV that can be negative there are so many shows and internet games that get your children up and physically active and wanting to learn. Shows such as Yo Gabba Gabba which teaches children how to eat healthy, get up and move around, how to help take care of the planet you live on and how to care about what others may feel. Ni Hoa Kai-Lan teaches the importance of social development as well as discovering new ways to recognize and deal with their emotions. As it is said children...
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...Who knew that such a flourishing civilization could go from being simple tradesmen in China, to being run out of the country, to starting their own empire, and finally being lead to their own demise. Sometimes too much power is a bad thing, and eventually has the opposite effect on a group of people. The Yuezhi were an Indo-European civilization of about 400,000 that originally resided along the border of China. They were peaceful people and generally tried to avoid conflict. The Yuezhi were mainly known for their trade and for the founding of the Kushan Empire. The Yuezhi were first mentioned in 1st century BC by Guan Rhong, which suggests this is around the time the civilization began. They started out living in the north-western border of China, which gave them access to the jade in the mountains in Gansu. They took this jade and supplied it to the Chinese rulers. Along with the jade, the Yuezhi started providing these same rulers with war horses. A trust was established, and the Yuezhi eventually became the middlemen between China and...
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...How Too Much Television Can Harm a Child’s Development For the past 20 years, studies have linked excessive TV viewing to childhood obesity, poor brain development, lagging educational performance, sleep disturbances and diminished physical activity (Is Television Harmful For Children?, 2010). Children are very impressionable, so sitting in front of a television for long periods of time can have a negative outcome. While a child’s brain is being molded, they are more susceptible to act out learned behaviors from their favorite television shows. Parents have the responsibility to mold their child’s brain and not have it rot out from too much exposure to television. Children's television viewing should be limited to less than 2 hours a day in order to avoid too many negative effects. Violence is something that is hard for children to avoid on television today. Children are at risk of viewing this violence because they are watching more than the suggested amount of television. When children see this violence, they think it is cool and fun, so they want to try it out. They are taught that the images of violence are amusing. Many children who view too much violence can end up committing crimes. According to How TV Affects Your Child (2011), “TV violence sometimes begs for imitation because violence is often promoted as a fun and effective way to get what you want.” (Violence) When children see their favorite character bopping someone on the head to get what they want, it sends...
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...Power is something that leads people, and everyone wants to be led in the right direction so people should choose who they give power to wisely. Animal Farm is a novel that uses animals to show how Russia was slowly failing in communism. It goes through how the leaders brainwash the common working class and most everyone else to keep power. The story makes it noticeable that all the common animals could rebel like the first time but were too brainwashed to understand the bad that was going on. This novel Animal Farm , by George Orwell, is written to symbolize the working class, Stalin, and propaganda in the soviet union to show if too much power is granted then the outcome might not be so great. In the story, the character Napoleon symbolizes great power and how too much power is a terrible thing. He is granted way too much power, so when other farms try to make deals he screws them around then they become enemies. With the power he is granted, he gets all the luxury that the animals aren’t supposed to have. Napoleon has so much power that “four dogs guarded his bed at night, on at each corner” (Orwell 95). If Napoleon was never granted so much power then the farm would be a great place. This is why Napoleon symbolizes Stalin in the book....
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...the country twice. It was merely a case of USA versus the Soviet Union, and Britain playing more of a supporting role for the US. The ideologies in conflict were Communism versus Capitalism/democracy, again between the two huge superpowers. Nonetheless, it could also be argued that personalities had been the prime cause. Before Truman became president and Attlee Prime Minister, Churchill and Roosevelt were in post. They were considerably easy with Stalin, and were willing to make ‘arrangements’ to meet his needs. And by many this was considered dangerous for Western countries as the threat of communism was potential. Thus, Truman became president and was much tougher in his approach (similarly Attlee), and according to post-revisionists, he was caused the Cold war to develop. Truman was determined to contain Communism as much as possible, and not lot the Soviets gain the upper hand. Truman made Japan surrender, and, introduced ‘Marshall-plan’. Stalin however, equally as tough, wasn't intimidated by the nuclear destruction of Japan, as he didn't want to show any signs...
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...It is a common myth across the globe that too much running is bad for the human body. But is this true? Is there a specific amount of mileage that is the best? By knowing how much running is good for one’s health and how it actually benefits the body, could this help people live longer and keep them healthier? Some believe that too much running is actually bad for the body and has different effects than intended. Still others state that running, no matter the amount, is good for you. However, there is only one right answer. As a result of running too much, the intended good effects could cease to exist; because of this, it is imperative to find a “middle-ground” while running. With this in mind, too much running has been proven to be bad for...
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...did not do well. The whole time she was stressed out, and had no idea what she was doing because she could not focus. Her teacher spent so much class time trying to teach the class about the test that she did not get to learn much about the other subjects. For example, Gianna loves social studies, but her teacher mostly focused on math and language arts. Standardized tests is a form of test that requires all students to answer the same questions, or questions that are similar to each other. Standardized tests have gotten worse throughout the years because they have...
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...question of degrees. It is not whether inflation will ruin a nation, but how much inflation will ruin a nation. 0.00001% is still an inflationary number as is 1,000,000%. So it is not just the presence of inflation that will undermine a country’s financial system, but rather to what degree inflation impacts a country’s financial system. The original statement attributed to Vladimir Lenin that prompted this paper cannot be taken as a truism but it certainly fits in the Socialist propaganda. Will Inflation Undermine a Country’s Financial System and eventually ruin the Nation? It is easier to accept George Bernard Shaw’s statement: The lack of money is the root of all evil,” (Lawrence S. Ritter, 2009) than it is Lenin’s supposition that inflation, in a sense, is the root of all evil for a nation. To be certain, though, they are linked together. Inflation can lead to a lack of money and if it is bad enough, it can certainly be the ruin of a nation, or perhaps more succinctly: the ruin of a government. Inflation: how much is too much? This is a very debatable matter of how much is too much. To the uneducated masses, any is too much, and politicians pray on this ignorance for their personal gain. To the greedy there can never be too much. But the truth lies somewhere in between the ignorant and the greedy’s position on this subject. Some inflation is good, it is very good actually. How much is “good” is a point that even the world’s best economic minds cannot agree...
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...English 101 16 October, 2012 Too Much? For my Argument Text Analysis, I chose the essay “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much Money?” by Mihir Baghat. This particular essay is about how athletes make way more money than they deserve and how wrong that is due to the fact that the American society is a place where salaries and wages are based on the value of ones’ work and that a person should be paid according to the economic importance and value to society. By writing “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much Money?” Baghat is trying to inform the reader about the amount of money professional athletes are making now a day and that they should get paid a lot less. He is doing this by giving examples of jobs that he thinks deserve a lot more money than what professional athletes are getting paid. Teachers are great examples of this. Baghat states that “Teaching is one of the most economically important occupations if you really think about it. Our future economies rely on how well we educate our youth, and yet teachers are paid a mere fraction of what a professional athlete receives” (Baghat). Another example is when Baghat talks about President Obama and how he gets paid a lot less than professional athletes even though the President makes important decisions affecting the entire world. This essay is very one-sided at times but overall it does achieve its goal of convincing the reader that professional athletes get paid too much and that the amounts of money being...
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...The Paradox of Our Age We have taller buildings but shorter tempers; wider freeways but narrower viewpoints; we spend more but have less; we buy more but enjoy it less; we have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, yet less time; we have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge but less judgement; more experts, yet more problems; we have more gadgets but less satisfaction; more medicine, yet less wellness; we take more vitamins but see fewer results. We drink too much; smoke too much; spend too recklessly; laugh too little; drive too fast; get too angry quickly; stay up too late; get up too tired; read too seldom; watch TV too much and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values; we fly in faster planes to arrive there quicker, to do less and return sooner; we sign more contracts only to realize fewer profits; we talk too much; love too seldom and lie too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've done larger things, but not better things; we've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice; we write more, but learn less; plan more, but accomplish less; we make faster planes, but longer lines; we learned to rush, but not to wait; we have more weapons, but less...
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...Employee Satisfaction 1. How meaningful is your work? j k l m n Extremely meaningful j k l m n Very meaningful j k l m n Moderately meaningful j k l m n Slightly meaningful j k l m n Not at all meaningful 2. How well are you paid for the work you do? j k l m n Extremely well j k l m n Very well j k l m n Moderately well j k l m n Slightly well j k l m n Not at all well 3. How many opportunities do you have to get promoted where you work? j k l m n A great deal j k l m n A lot j k l m n A moderate amount j k l m n A few j k l m n None at all 4. Are you satisfied with your employee benefits, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with them, or dissatisfied with them? j k l m n Extremely satisfied j k l m n Moderately satisfied j k l m n Slightly satisfied j k l m n Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied j k l m n Slightly dissatisfied j k l m n Moderately dissatisfied j k l m n Extremely dissatisfied 5. Are you satisfied with your job, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with it, or dissatisfied with it? j k l m n Extremely satisfied j k l m n Moderately satisfied j k l m n Slightly satisfied j k l m n Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied j k l m n Slightly dissatisfied j k l ...
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...article about social media portrays it in much more of a negative light than I feel like it should be. Maybe since I’m a teenager and grew up using social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter, I’m a little bias but I feel like they help us more than hurt us. A person can learn a lot from the internet; it is very important that you are able to use the internet as a “source” in everyday life. I will admit that some people do in fact use the internet too much and rely on it more than they should, but others know how to control their “addiction” to it. I can relate when Steve Pinker talks about training yourself to be able to do one task. You must learn more information about what you want to know. I don’t think some people understand that, I think they feel as though if they are good at solving puzzles and reading, they are going to be good at all reading material and puzzles, which is not the case. I’m a person that loves reading but if the material is boring or unrelated to my life I don’t enjoy it. But I don’t feel like if you use Twitter too much your life is going to turn into a “Twitter account”. People need to know when it is becoming too much, and learn how to live in the moment and not focus so much on how everyone else is going to see them. We should do the things we want to do not live like “How many likes can I get on Facebook” or “I wonder if someone will retweet this”. That’s when the use of social media becomes too much. I was surprised about some of the facts...
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...question is, how much is too much? While both “No technology? No problem.” By Eric Brende and “Beware the Apps!” by Lacreta Scott are similar in the way they think too much technology is not good but differ in how much they should cut back on. The two articles are similar in the way they both think too much technology is not good. “I am merely wading in technology. They are drowning in it, dog-paddling to keep their heads above water.” (Brende 679) explains here that people are so consumed with technology they are drowning in it. He says “and with a degree of usage, I enjoy a balanced like, blending family with work, and leave ample leisure to write books and articles, play music, and visit relatives.”(Brende679) as he limits his use of technology to a minimum. Lacreta goes on to agree with this “Already I am too late. The apps are with is. Texting, Tweeting, E-mailing, Etc-ing. They are fixtures in our lives.”(Scott683). She starts by telling how it ruins relationships. “I have seen, and you have seen, two people at lunch, talking, but not to each other. Each is talking into a cell phone to absent third parties” (Scott684). She feel that people even miss the little things around them because they are so caught up in technology. “Another common sight is someone walking along, ignoring the sounds of nature or of the city, with a hands-free device in his ear.”(Scott684) Too much technology is never a good thing. In the same way they compare they also differ in how much they should...
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