Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Video: Digital Nation


Multitasking is dumbing down the human race. When we multi-task it takes our focus back and forth between tasks and we never place our focus on one thing. There are so many distractions these days such as: Facebook, Texting, Google (search engines), Ipods, etc. I think that these distractions have good and bad consequences. 
Bad: distracts us from daily tasks like driving (can be cause of accidents), school (resulting in less studying and a drop in class marks), and work (motivation & production). These electronics are making us very anti-social with the rest of society, instead of talking and hanging out with each other we sit at our own homes and text back and forth, reducing social contact. 
Good: connects us to people all across the world, provides us with quick access to information, gives us instant responses from family and friends, etc. 



Todays generations are "hooked on tronics" !

This Song by Paul Brandt is a different look at how electronics and technology has impacted our lives.



Kohlberg

Levels and Stages of Moral Development
  1. Preconventional
    - punishment
    - hedonism (get things that we like)
  2. Conventional
    - nice boy/nice girl
    - law and order
  3. Postconventional: process of internalization is complete
    - social contract (occurs quite rarely)
    - universal ethical (occurs practically never)

Heinz Dilemma

Heinz wife is dying. One special drug, discovered by a local druggist, might save her, but the druggist is selling it at an exorbitant price. So Heinz, after failing to borrow the money he needs, pleads with the druggist to sell the drug cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist refuses. Should Heinz steal the drug for his wide? Why?


I believe that Heinz should consider all of the consequences, good and bad, before he makes a concrete decision.


BAD: 

  • he could do jail time for stealing the drug
  • he could be issued a large fine, which would set him back more than he is now
  • if he steals the drug, there is a chance that it will not cure his wife. Then the robbery would have been for nothing.

GOOD: 

  • if Heinz steals the drug, it could cure his wife (but he could go to jail because of the robbery and not be able to spend time with his wife when she gets better.)

Simon Sinek

How Great Leaders Inspire Action 
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html

"Think, Act, Communicate"
"People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it."

  • Inspired people think from the inside - out (why, how, what)
  • Everyone else thinks from the outside - in (what, how, why)
"There are leaders, then there are those who lead."