Study Journal 5

Thursday Mar.5

• It's a frightening thought that such a fundamental financial  instrument such as the stock market can be exploited. Everyone invests in the stock market, most putting their live savings in. It would be tragic to lose it due to the inside knowledge others may have about certain stocks.
• Taking a company public before they are even profitable sounds like the climatic plot in a horror movie. This is is utter non-sense. One might as well fabricate the very existence of a company and list it for an IPO. 
•  "Venture capital is the definition of greed". I resent this statement because it groups all venture capitalist together with the label of selfishness. I hope to be financially well off enough to fulfill the role of a venture capitalist. I'm more about the vision, but I admit the money is a good perk.  
• The very corruption that is brought on by greed does effect the market and people who invest. So much so that it could lead us into a recession or a depression after a market crash due to bad stocks.

Tuesday Mar.10

• The trade off that comes with new technology made me think of all the times I've tried to have an intelligent, personal, conversation with a girlfriend only to have her face buried in her stupid cell phone.
• The author of postman is a bit pessimistic concerning trade offs  He is valid in assuming that such trade offs exist, but if new advances in technology where really that bad, then we would do away with them.I believe the world is better off today in regards to living a comfortable life than it ever has been. 
• The example of a blacksmith losing his job due to the inventions of the automobile, may arguably be someone who was harmed by advances in technology. However, automobile manufacturing created numerous jobs, from the factory worker to the road construction workers.
• Why can't we solve the world problems if we have all the information to do so? There are many lurking variables to this question, but I do believe that the world has the means and knowledge to solve or at least make the an accurate solution to world problems like finding a home for the homeless.
• The amount of bias the author holds is extremely frustrating to me. He makes some valid points, but more often than not his foot ends up in his mouth because he leans so far to one side without approaching potential positives of the other side.

Thursday Mar.12

• I have heard that people become so engrossed by aspects on the internet (besides pornography) that they spend a disproportional amount of there day on the computer. It reminds me of myself, but most my time is not on the internet, but programming. How frustrating!
• The ideal behind temptation being a funnel was pleasantly logical. Once in, it is difficult to get out, but certainly not impossible. Everyone falls in once in a while, the trick is not rebounding. 
• If I knew that creating something as simple as a website could have a drastic detrimental impact, but provide more good than bad, I would proceed. I tend to follow the form of pleasing the majority over the minority. This made me think of my website I'm currently creating,  a lot of good with the potential of a lot of bad. However, it is the users agency, not mine. 
• I also wanted to point out that I liked how blunt the guest speaker was. He made solid points about pornography and did not deny that most people have or had a problem with its enticing lure.