Blog 7: The Heroic Choices in The Matrix

In the story, Neo had to make many choices which affect both his life and others. He chose to find out the truth by taking the red pill.  He chose to save morpheus even though his action was supposed to threaten his life.  He also chose to face the agent though Cyrus advised him not to do so.  I think the choices that show that Neo is the hero of the story are the one he made as to his life or the life of morpheus because the oracle told if he chooses to save morpheus he will die, but he withstood the oracle foretells and made the choice to not only save morpheus but also bring him back and when he faced the agent in the metro station instead of running away because at that point, he started to believe in his potential.

Blog 6: Response to "I Know the Truth"

         In "I know the truth", JEFFREY KLUGER believes people have often been easily fooled by untrue statements or beliefs such as President Obama was born in Kenya or HIV is a government invention to remove unpleasant minority groups.  JEFFREY added that among those nonsense facts were those as to the Islamic Cultural Center planned for Park Place in Lower Manhattan at which researchers, R. Kelly Garret and Erik Nisbet from Ohio state University have conducted a study to determine how sticky were those assertions and what it might take to disabuse people from them.  For the study, 750 people who knew about the topic were selected to read rebuttals of rumors from two different news papers.  Among them, 28% rejected the rumors and 35% acknowledged that the new information had some merit.  As conclusions, the reseachers found out that people beliefs could be easily manipulate with pictures and quotes, but the most disturbing facts was that only one third of the subjects were willing to reverse their beliefs. JEFFREY KLUGER concludes by saying that it was up to people to make up their mind as to facts.

       From a body of studies, it s been shown that when people face facts that contradict their beliefs, they often respond by cleaving to their biases even more tightly. I believe that the way they behave  comes from the habit they have developped ever since they were younger.  According to Plato in "The Allegory of the cave",people refuse to embrace the truth and are willing to maintain their opinion regardless the true facts.  He presents a group of prisoners who had lived in an obscure cave all their life.  They were motionless and could only face a wall at what was projected shadows of people, materials and animals.  All their lives, those shadows were for the prisoners the representation of reality until one of them went outside the cave and discovered that everything he stood for was unreal.  When he returned in the cave, he was threatened to share the truth with the other prisoners because they were unwilling to accept it.  Socrates concluded by saying that when the truth is presented, it will be difficult to accept it, and those who found it are most likely to face troubles. 

 

      Another fact I would like to point out is that people often reject facts that contradict their beliefs because it is not easy to accept the truth.  What would you say if someone told you that the man you thought were your father is not?  Of course, you wouldnt believe him because it would mean a lot more than the fact that you do not know your real father.

 

      Rumors will always be part of the society.  While others are unwilling to embrace the truth, we should think carefully of the facts that are presented and be open minded as to them.

Blog 4: " The Allegory of the Cave"

        In "The Allegory of the cave", Plato presents a conversation Socrates had with Glaucon as to people who refuse to embrace the truth and are willing to maintain their opinion regardless the true facts. 
       Socrates told Glaucon an allegory about a group of prisoners who had lived in an obscure cave all their life.  They were motionless and could only face a wall at what was projected shadows of people, materials and animals.  All their lives, those shadows were for the prisoners the representation of reality until one of them went outside the cave and discovered that everything he stood for was unreal.  When he returned in the cave, he was threatened to share the truth with the other prisoners because they were unwilling to accept it.  Socrates concluded by saying that when the truth is presented, it will be difficult to accept it, and those who found it are most likely to face troubles.

Blog 3 : "I know the truth"

       In "I know the truth", JEFFREY KLUGER believes people have often been easily fooled by untrue statements or beliefs such as President Obama was born in Kenya or HIV is a government invention to remove unpleasant minority groups.  JEFFREY added that among those nonsense facts were those as to the Islamic Cultural Center planned for Park Place in Lower Manhattan at which researchers, R. Kelly Garset and Erik Nisbet from Ohio state University have conducted a study to determine how sticky were those assertions and what it might take to disabuse people from them.  For the study, 750 people were selected to read rebuttals of rumors from two different news papers.  Among them, 28% rejected the rumors and 35% acknowledged that the new information had some merit.  As conclusions, the reseachers found out that people beliefs could be easily manipulate with pictures and quotes, but the most disturbing facts was that only one third of the subjects were willing to reverse their beliefs. JEFFREY KLUGER concludes by saying that it was up to people to make up their mind as to facts.

Blog 2: "Hype"

           In the passage "Hype" from "Signs of Life in the USA", Kalle Lasn explains that advertisements, which are the most frequent and harmful of the mental pollutants, have increased nonstop and stably.  She said that they are no more displayed where they were supposed to be, but they are now everywhere, even in unusual places such as on a nozzle in a gaz station.

           As mentioned by a company executive, I believe that the most powerful micromarketing medium available today is the little monitor because it allows a great number of advertisements to be published at almost no cost.  Publishing ads got a lot easier with computer.  It helps you set yours ads on websites like craigslist for free.  For instance, I used to go on craigslist to find jobs, and I even posted ads at what people replied numerous times.  I didn't pay a penny for posting.

         I believe that the most powerful micromarketing medium available today is the little monitor because is a perfect place to post for marketing purposes. Computer, since its first presentation among with the internet has become an indispensable tool for many people, especially me.   I am using it for almost everything.  I believe that as the number of  internet users grows, Internet will be the best tools to publish advertisements because what people will post will be seen at least once a day. for instance when I am online, I often come across many ads that I like; therefore, I try to know more about them and I wind up buying the product advertised.
  
       the little monitor will extend the boundaries of basics marketing technics, and  I will be on the first seat to watch it.

Blog 1: " How to do one thing at the time"

           In "How to Do One Thing at a Time" from "Adapted from Women's Health Magazine", the author explains that multi-tasking affects human beings because it limits our ability to think, and we are also not able to perform well after we multitask.  However, the author adds that many believe we can break our multi-tasking habit and be focused by meditating.

            As far as I am concerned, multi-tasking isn't good at all because it surely limits our ability to think. When I am doing two assignments at the same time, I am likely to make a mess of both of them because i am not focused.  Yesterdayfor example, I had to fill up a container with water at work.  Unfortunately, I ended up filling the place with water because i was texting at the same time.  I guess that i didn't properly aim the water pipe in the container.

            Multi-tasking is also not good because it stresses out people.  If I am doing my homework and talking to my friend simultaneously, I can't perform my best because I am stressed out.  Last semester, I had to finish an assignment at home, but I couldn't do anything because I had a couple of friends of mine home.  I tried not only to focus and do my assignment, but also to talk to them. As a result, I didn't finish my assignment because I was stressed out.

            As we all know multi-tasking can be a losing proposition.  It doesn't matter whether it is considered harmless or not because it is still going to affect human beings.

 

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I was born in Ivory Coast( west Africa) which is a francophone country. At the age of 17, I came to the U.S in order to study, to have a better understanding of English, an to explore the different possibilities of success in this country. I am currently modeling, acting, and working as one of the assistant managers of a fast food restaurant.