Regardless of whether globalization is good or evil,
from the point of view of the little guy, globablization appears synonymous with the words 'You will be assimilated'
Both sides of the article have interesting points,
but I believe it is best summed up in the final few paragraphs where they question what the meaning of intelligence is anyway.
Is intelligence the knowledge of alot of facts and information in an instant, or is it knowing where to find this information and the ability to cipher through all of it, evaluate it and come up with your own conclusions.
I'd say it's a combination of both.
This difference is what should be emphasized in schools and children should be taught that they need to focus on all the various aspects of intelligence. In the end the net can be a valuable tool in retrieving information, but children need to be taught what to do with the information once they have it, whether to believe it without question, or whether to do further research and come up with their own conclusions.
I believe that it's more a general problem with society and is not unique to technology and the internet.
We now teach our kids that they are not to believe everything they see on television and other forms of media, but do we teach them not to believe everything they read on the net? I think we should.
At least they are letting their anger and agreesion out in the virtual world rather than in reality. Online gaming is a safe and harmless outlet for pent-up aggression.
Given this is a list of PC games, I believe the first PC game should be counted in the most influential games of all time, being the forerunner to all the other games.
So that leads to the following question.
What was the *first* PC game? I'm sure it wasn't SimCity.
I believe that most of the 'adults' who are
creating the moral panic, just need to sit back,
relax and play some video games with their kids. Not only will they see that games aren't so bad,
they will help bridge the gap between the older
and younger generations.
Spending time with your kids, doing activities which your kids like, is a good thing, and it also allows you to be there for them and to help them learn to distinguish between the gaming world and reality. This is the first step to making the gap between the generations smaller.
Understanding your kids and their interests is one
of the key elements of being a good parent.
Ignorantly, passing the blame onto gaming, or other media is not.
Speaking from personal experience, I do believe that alot of girls do not wish to pursue technological careers, but I do not agree with the reason given, that: 'they are turned off by technical careers that they view as full of geeky guys'
I admit that while I was a highschool student ( and immature ), I was indeed turned off by geeky guys, but that did not stop me from getting a degree in computer science and becomming a programmer, that would have been foolish to let such a thing stand in my way. In fact, when I got older and more mature I no longer saw geeky guys as geeks, but rather as intelligent human beings, and I ended up marrying one.
I believe that girls who won't pursue a career because they are afraid of being associated with the wrong crowd, or are turned away by the 'geeky guys' in the field, are weak in general, and probably let their friends and family run their lives in all respects, and probably don't have the determination and self-discipline to make it very far in the field anyway.
I thought the movie was great! Sure it had alot of inaccuracies and can be picked apart to death, but if taken with a grain of salt, it was actually enjoyable. Finally a movie about space that isn't full of blood, gore and aliens out to anihilate earth. At least this wasn't another 'Event Horizon'
Isn't this a violation of the Prime Directive? Algae are a form of life too, they should be left alone to do their business, rather than putting them in this Matrix-like environment.
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Regardless of whether globalization is good or evil,
from the point of view of the little guy, globablization appears synonymous with the words 'You will be assimilated'
Both sides of the article have interesting points,
but I believe it is best summed up in the final few paragraphs where they question what the meaning of intelligence is anyway.
Is intelligence the knowledge of alot of facts and information in an instant, or is it knowing where to find this information and the ability to cipher through all of it, evaluate it and come up with your own conclusions.
I'd say it's a combination of both.
This difference is what should be emphasized in schools and children should be taught that they need to focus on all the various aspects of intelligence. In the end the net can be a valuable tool in retrieving information, but children need to be taught what to do with the information once they have it, whether to believe it without question, or whether to do further research and come up with their own conclusions.
I believe that it's more a general problem with society and is not unique to technology and the internet.
We now teach our kids that they are not to believe everything they see on television and other forms of media, but do we teach them not to believe everything they read on the net? I think we should.
At least they are letting their anger and agreesion out in the virtual world rather than in reality. Online gaming is a safe and harmless outlet for pent-up aggression.
Given this is a list of PC games, I believe the first PC game should be counted in the most influential games of all time, being the forerunner to all the other games.
So that leads to the following question.
What was the *first* PC game? I'm sure it wasn't SimCity.
They forgot Lemonade stand on the Commodore64, and what about all those games for the PET that had to be loaded off a cassette tape?
I believe that most of the 'adults' who are creating the moral panic, just need to sit back, relax and play some video games with their kids. Not only will they see that games aren't so bad, they will help bridge the gap between the older and younger generations. Spending time with your kids, doing activities which your kids like, is a good thing, and it also allows you to be there for them and to help them learn to distinguish between the gaming world and reality. This is the first step to making the gap between the generations smaller. Understanding your kids and their interests is one of the key elements of being a good parent. Ignorantly, passing the blame onto gaming, or other media is not.
Speaking from personal experience, I do believe
that alot of girls do not wish to pursue technological careers, but I do not agree with
the reason given, that:
'they are turned off by technical careers that
they view as full of geeky guys'
I admit that while I was a highschool student
( and immature ), I was indeed turned off by geeky guys, but that did not stop me from getting a degree in computer science and becomming a programmer, that would have been foolish to let
such a thing stand in my way. In fact, when I got older and more mature I no longer saw geeky guys as geeks, but rather as intelligent human beings, and I ended up marrying one.
I believe that girls who won't pursue a career
because they are afraid of being associated with the wrong crowd, or are turned away by the
'geeky guys' in the field, are weak in general, and probably let their friends and family run their lives in all respects, and probably don't have the determination and self-discipline to
make it very far in the field anyway.
I thought the movie was great! Sure it had alot of inaccuracies and can be picked apart to death, but if taken with a grain of salt, it was actually enjoyable. Finally a movie about space that isn't full of blood, gore and aliens out to anihilate earth. At least this wasn't another 'Event Horizon'
Isn't this a violation of the Prime Directive?
Algae are a form of life too, they should be left
alone to do their business, rather than putting them in this Matrix-like environment.