Memes and Life

One of the most treacherous qualities that mankind contains is greed. Greed often consumes men into choosing the wrong path which leads to

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction (Erich Fromm).

Carla the Carbon atom is a free spirit. She wanders through the atmosphere, moving with the wind. Carla floats from one cloud to the next, without a care on her mind. One day, she was floating in the air, and was joined by two oxygen companions, Oscar and Octavius. Her two companions transformed her into a carbon dioxide molecule. Her new status as a molecule allowed her new privileges, like the ability to enter plants and to take part in plant and animal respiration. Carla was now a part of an exclusive club.

‘Likes’ and the comments are positive reinforcement for posting information, making it difficult for a person to stop. Researchers have found this so common that they created a scale to measure this addiction for the brain to think less”

In Book IV of the Republic, Plato states that human beings should spare themselves from the world of materialism. As per him, the ordinary goods of life – strength, wealth, beauty, rank etc. have a corrupting and distracting effect. They should instead strive to obtain education because as per him, true education civilizes and humanize them to their relations to another human being. Being dependent on another individual for anything impairs people’s virtue. Similarly, In the First Inaugural Address, Jefferson states that in spite of the fact that with richness comes power, human beings usually forget right as they possess wealth. In a general sense, as a human being, we should tend to live a life away from materialism because too much focused

In life people seek prosperity. Humans have been trained to always want more, never satisfied with what they have. Whether someone does everything in their power to achieve a promotion, or someone tries to become rich. The previous example shows selfishness and that people will do whatever it takes to achieve these goals, whether an asset to society, or a downfall. In the Renaissance tragedy, Macbeth, Shakespeare reveals how people’s greediness and feeling entitlement to prosperity causes their own self-destruction.

The Other Wes Moore is a compelling book about two kids named Wes Moore who grew up in the same rough neighborhood in the Bronx, New York. Although both grew up with their mothers one grew up to become a successful author, and the other is imprisoned for life. The Other Wes Moore should be taught to high school students because among the many themes and social issues throughout the book it shows readers that no matter your circumstances you can grow up to do and be whatever you want; however, they can also determine who you will be. This means that you can grow up from nothing, but if you work hard to get to the top then you can accomplish anything. That you should not let other people or surroundings influence your

As the influence of memes continues to grow across varied political and social contexts it is that they must not simple be taken seriously as networked texts, but rather as networked rhetorical agents in their own right. Specifically, through their modal construction they are able to develop an ethos that is greater than sum of the iterations that make up the meme. In creating this space for the meme to dwell, memetic participants take diffuse networked fragments and aggregate them into an implied body enacting a narrative in a particular place. Simply put, once imbued with ethos memes are able to take on the role of the traditional rhetor. Consequently, as meme and other modes are studied in the future, they ought not to be

The cause of nearly all of humanity’s conflicts and wrongdoings, from wars over land, to massacres, to robberies can be traced back to one human vice: greed. This inherent hunger for property, power, or wealth, can completely take over a person’s life and lead to conflict and misery. However, unlike physical hunger, which can be easily satisfied, greed is often intensified, not mitigated by the attainment of what one desires. This self-perpetuating nature of greed indicates that the vice is not actually caused by the need for something, as hunger is, but rather the belief that one deserves some object or quality more than everyone else. Thus a person’s greed can only be satisfied once that person has all of what he or she

not be the root to all evil, greed may be. To have ambition and goals is good,

There is an uphill battle that everyone must face. The journey begins with a herd of people antsy to get to the top, but unfortunately most do not even get half way up the mountain. Some people get distracted by the rustling leaves of greed, others by the detrimental fruit of wealth, but those who make it to the top of the integral mountain live a more plentiful life. Not by the illusion of tangible happiness, but by their own inner serenity. While money and fame is nice, living by your beliefs, and having a good reputation is something to strive for in a myriad of ways.

The greed for wealth and materialistic objects is an intrinsic component of human nature. It plays a crucial role as motivation for one to work to achieve financial success. However, when one singularly focuses on money and ignores all else, their greed becomes detrimental to their state of mind. People whose ambitions revolve solely around becoming wealthy and successful often ignore other aspects of life that are equally important for happiness, including relationships, health, and personal freedom. As a result, those who manage to obtain material success often find that they are not fulfilled by their riches, and seek to become even more wealthy; however, they can never achieve true satisfaction when they are in this cycle of avarice.

In the article "Does the Internet Make You Dumber?", Carr (2010) shows the drawbacks of the Internet. He states that people depend on the Internet. A long-term influence of the Internet can change continually the structure of the human brain. Carr explains that the Internet distracts or interrupts people‘s attention and may lead them to think shallowly. His purpose is to warn people to control themselves when using technology.

He regretted his rash wish and pleaded to get rid of his Golden Touch. When he finally got rid of his Golden Touch, he turned into a new man, humble and learned to appreciate what he already have. If only we can do the same thing, make a rash decision, but take it back and be humble. But this cruel world makes it so that this is near impossible for we do not, actually hate, learning and repenting from our mistakes since ever since we were born, we were born with the idea stuck to our heads that we are superior. How much greed can represent how much we can fall or how much we can rise over the

the state. Lear explains that human nature is marked by a desire for more than just