Ray Rodriguez
Where are the resources flowing to?
By turning back our actions as show in “The Skill of Ecological Perception” by Laura Sewall, makes modern day life seem like a “psychological” mistake. The reasoning for this mistake is if we were to stop using technology and live life as our first generation ancestors did, we can slowly gain the dear resources we always log for. Theirs only one problem, in a world so focused on someone being better than others it’s either not going to work or it’s going to take too long to succeed as a goal. “Although this process may challenge our culturally constructed reality…may be the essence of creating a mutually respectful relationship between ourselves and the nonhuman world” shows that this mental “psychology” will bring us one step closer to living at peace with ourselves (us humans) and the animals around us (Sewall 209). The aesthetic view on life is also evident because in order to be considered “beautiful” in the modern world you need to have a form of artificial glamour or accessory to help deliver your beauty (Sewall 209). On the other hand in Aric McBay’s “Peak Oil Survival: Preparation for Life after Gridcrash” states that even though we can use some resources they have to be limited in order for use to avoid nuclear wars and further destruction of the world. The use of other alternatives like collecting “rain water” are methods used in some less industrialized countries like my native country of Dominican Republic (McBay 9). Even though the fresh water supply is limited the ways to filter out water are numerous and it is a possibility that industrialized countries will adapt. The outcome of war as a possibility for the control of resources makes it difficult to stop using and modernizing/industrializing this planet. Finally, the topic of all countries agreeing is very limited because of different customs and tradition like how some countries in order to survive economically have to sell oil to other countries and need to use fresh water port frequently because of demand from the people with in the country. Eventually everyone will realize the global issue of global warming and try to help but the damage has been done with all the emissions making it difficult to go back and “fix” human kind’s problem.
Work Cited:
McBay, Aric. Peak Oil Survival Preparation for Life after Gridcrash. New York: The Lyons, 2006. Print.
Sewall, Laura. The Skill of Ecological Perception. 201-15. Print.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
a white world without us
Ray Rodriguez
A White World without Us
As many look to be the superior race, only few get to succeed. Both “The Destruction of Man” by Carl Anthony and A World Without Us by Alan Weisman show how the need for power ends up becoming the lack of care for the environment by the people on it. The needs and wants, need power want control over power the power that I have is a certain mindset that most people have. “Partly we have stories that are lies” the lies are that we humans have control over what is going on in Earth (Anthony 272). “Manifest Destiny” a term used by early colonial Americans to justify their expansion westward shows how human can stretch the truth or reword ideas do that they can get what they want (Anthony 272). This then leads to climate change that relates to the raping on land and the mistreatment of others (slaves) in order to get whatever one wants. The usage of slavery shows how dominance was important for many who had control in America.
Eventually the need for power then goes to the topic of war and destruction clearly evident in Weisman’s piece. The need for nuclear weapons then show how if they had no control at first they would seek different ways in order to regain control that they thought they had. The usage of “radiations” shows how many used artificial power to rise to the top and become one of the most feared. These weapons will then hurt the land causing it to become a rotted dump in which nuclear testing would wipe out large plots of land in order to create a better understanding of who’s on top. The terms “destruction” and “damage” shows how many who want success need to not care about anything besides themselves and be able to harm things that are not dear to them (Weisman 260).
Both these essays make it clear on how white supremacy over the course of many years makes it difficult for society not to think about control over others since we have been doing this in America since the beginning of the Jamestown Colony. The use of technology for different adeptness is used by the higher class in order to take control mentally of society. The needs for luxury are then instilled in the minds of many causing many to want things that they can’t have. This isn’t all considered to be bad as one may see at first. Through out both passages the idea of improvement is show and through improvement some gain success. For example, the use of technology to create fireman equipment, conductors (for electricity), and the ideas of media for self-government all makes it possible for one to gain success. The knowledge passed on by some is sometimes used for the wrong reasons. In The World Without Us the usages of technology to create bombs shows the wrong reasons for using the resources to make bombs (Weisman 263). Also in “The Destruction of Man” the idea of superiority makes the use of needing power and control over other not only affects some people mentally but affects society as a whole through the dependence on cheap labor and the deforesting of land. That is why when people have too much power they want to go over the boundaries that were set before them causing chaos and a need for a better society.
A White World without Us
As many look to be the superior race, only few get to succeed. Both “The Destruction of Man” by Carl Anthony and A World Without Us by Alan Weisman show how the need for power ends up becoming the lack of care for the environment by the people on it. The needs and wants, need power want control over power the power that I have is a certain mindset that most people have. “Partly we have stories that are lies” the lies are that we humans have control over what is going on in Earth (Anthony 272). “Manifest Destiny” a term used by early colonial Americans to justify their expansion westward shows how human can stretch the truth or reword ideas do that they can get what they want (Anthony 272). This then leads to climate change that relates to the raping on land and the mistreatment of others (slaves) in order to get whatever one wants. The usage of slavery shows how dominance was important for many who had control in America.
Eventually the need for power then goes to the topic of war and destruction clearly evident in Weisman’s piece. The need for nuclear weapons then show how if they had no control at first they would seek different ways in order to regain control that they thought they had. The usage of “radiations” shows how many used artificial power to rise to the top and become one of the most feared. These weapons will then hurt the land causing it to become a rotted dump in which nuclear testing would wipe out large plots of land in order to create a better understanding of who’s on top. The terms “destruction” and “damage” shows how many who want success need to not care about anything besides themselves and be able to harm things that are not dear to them (Weisman 260).
Both these essays make it clear on how white supremacy over the course of many years makes it difficult for society not to think about control over others since we have been doing this in America since the beginning of the Jamestown Colony. The use of technology for different adeptness is used by the higher class in order to take control mentally of society. The needs for luxury are then instilled in the minds of many causing many to want things that they can’t have. This isn’t all considered to be bad as one may see at first. Through out both passages the idea of improvement is show and through improvement some gain success. For example, the use of technology to create fireman equipment, conductors (for electricity), and the ideas of media for self-government all makes it possible for one to gain success. The knowledge passed on by some is sometimes used for the wrong reasons. In The World Without Us the usages of technology to create bombs shows the wrong reasons for using the resources to make bombs (Weisman 263). Also in “The Destruction of Man” the idea of superiority makes the use of needing power and control over other not only affects some people mentally but affects society as a whole through the dependence on cheap labor and the deforesting of land. That is why when people have too much power they want to go over the boundaries that were set before them causing chaos and a need for a better society.
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