Jessica Rhodunda
9/29/08
Eng Comp
Religion and Life
The meaning of life is ever changing. Technology is a great influence on the meaning of life as it has been for the past couple of years.
At the time I was young, I believed in many things. That unicorns were real, there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and that the boogieman was under my bed. The meaning of life was to stay out till the sun went down and have as many scraped knees as possible. As I grew older, my meaning of life changed as well.At the age of 14, the menaing of life was boys. At my age now, my meaning of life is completely different then it was a couple of years ago. Now it is to get my school work done so I can get a good job,do good in softball, and technology. Over the next years of my life, it will again change. When I am 60, the meaning of life will be different then when I am 80. The meaning of life is an ever changing thought, that is affected by what is happening to the person at that time.
With technological advances coming more frequent, the meaning of life will be affected. The meaning of my life has been greatly influenced by technology, with the cell phone and computers. The way that technology has advanced has made the meaning of life become different then it has in years past. Some years ago, the meaning of life was different then now because of the advances. The time that took to do something on the computer back in the day, it takes ten times faster to do now. This gives us more time to do things that are more important to us and that we appreciate. McKibben talks about how people's expectations are changing towards their children and their children's future.
I know this is a horrible essay. I wrote about the wrong thing but I am going to rewrite it for Sunday. I am sorry for whoever is going to comment on this its bad. Dr. Johns I'm sorry I have a complete writing block but I will write a new one for Sunday.
2 comments:
Jessica Rhodunda
Eng Comp
10/5/08
Purpose of People
The purpose for people is to try to figure out the meaning of life. They spend countless hours trying to find what it means and come up with different answers. Bill McKibben and Lee Silver both talk about how technology has affected the meaning of life. With the meaning of life being changed the purpose of people has become even more difficult to discover.
At the time I was young, I believed in many things. That unicorn was real, there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and that the boogieman was under my bed. The meaning of life was to stay out till the sun went down and have as many scraped knees as possible. As I grew older, my meaning of life changed as well. At the age of 14, the meaning of life was boys. At my age now, my meaning of life is completely different then it was a couple of years ago. Now it is to get my school work done so I can get a good job, do good in softball, and technology. Over the next years of my life, it will again change. When I am 60, the meaning of life will be different then when I am 80. . McKibben talks about how people's expectations are changing towards their children and their children's future. He talks about how people expect their children to do certain things and get mad if they don’t achieve them. (53). This changes the children’s meaning of life because it is all about one thing. It is not their choice to be obsessed with it, it is pushed upon them.
With technological advances coming more frequent, the meaning of life will be affected. The meaning of my life has been greatly influenced by technology, with the cell phone and computers. The way that technology has advanced has made the meaning of life become different then it has in years past. Some years ago, the meaning of life was different then now because of the advances. The time that took to do something on the computer back in the day, it takes ten times faster to do now. This gives us more time to do things that are more important to us and that we appreciate. Also, it will make people feel better about themselves. With technology affecting the way people feel about themselves, it will make them change their meaning of life because they feel different. With the invention of Botox, McKibben quotes one writer “it is so rare in certain social enclaves o see a woman over the age of 35 with the ability to look angry.”(31)This means that these women want to be younger and their meaning of life is to look good. Silver talks about selection of ceratin genes. This would affect the meaning of people’s lives because they would have a certain gene makeup that was picked by their parents(335).
The purpose of people is to change the meaning of life. People are here on the earth expecting to do things that will change other’s perspectives. This in turn will change the way they think and sometimes change their morals. People’s purpose is to just live and to enjoy. There is only a limited amount of time on this Earth and they should enjoy the most they can.
Here's the clever thing about your answer: it turns the question on itself, revealing that my premise (that "what are people for" is a more specific version of "what is the meaning of life"?) are not obviously correct. So far, so clever.
What you do with that premise, though, is a mixed bag. The idea that the meaning of life varies depending on the time of life is important; so is the idea that technological change alters the meaning of life. Neither of these ideas, though, are that strongly related to your initial premise - that our purpose is to find meaning. If meaning is tied to the stage of our lives, for instance, do we really need to "find" it? Or is it just naturally there? Your premise is clever, but you don't develop it, and while the other paragraphs are interesting too, they don't really develop your main idea - in fact, they at least border on contradicting it.
Post a Comment