The Benjamin Franklin Effect

Pretending to be someone who you are not starts to take a toll on the real you. The movie Catfish,

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston Massachusetts.His father was a soap and candle maker and he had a total of 15 children and two wives, Ben was the youngest son. Ben Franklin is most influential for being his contributions of science (electricity), his creations of the almanac/newspapers, and him also being one of the founding fathers of the Declaration of Independence.

The article “When Your Smartphone Is Too Smart for Your Own Good: How social Media Alters Human Relationships” by Lori Ann Wagner begins with a summary the film “Her” which a Los Angeles man of the future falls in love his OS device and begins to develop an intimate relationship with “Her”. Wagner mentions that to many, the notion of one falling in love with their OS device might seem overdone, but questions if it really is. Wagner begins to explain how as human we have an innate need to be social and experience the feeling of belonging, which is why people turn topical media. With social media it is easier to acquire this interaction with others that is so desired, without having to put in the effort required for a physical relationship. Wagner

Individuals begin to feel isolated when they pretend to be someone they are not. In the modern age, individuals feel the need to be someone they are not in order to fit into the mainstream. Turkle states, “After an evening of avatar-to-avatar talk in a networked game, we feel at one moment in possession of a full social life and, in the next, curiously isolated in tenuous complicity

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He would be the tenth out of seventeen kids that his dad, Josiah Franklin, would have. His dad had plans for Benjamin to join the church when he became an adult and was sent to language structure school to get ready. He would exceed expectations in perusing at an extremely youthful age however would find that he couldn't ace math so natural. He would be at the linguistic use school for not as much as a year prior to his dad would deal with not having the capacity to bolster a school instruction for Benjamin and supporting whatever is left of the substantial family. Benjamin would then be sent to another school which would show him essential math and English aptitudes. There, he would outperform whatever remains of class in English while in the end fizzling number juggling once more bringing on his dad to draw him from school together (Becker, 1931). At ten years old Benjamin would be

Having been born in the first month of the year 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin has been regarded an iconic figure not only in the history of America but as well as the world.1 Although he had a deep passion for reading, he could only manage to attend school for two years. He then joined his brother at the age of 12 in apprenticeship at a shop. At the age of 15 people were reading his very first newspaper in Boston. It is after his letters had become a hit that he declared to be the writer. His brother, James, got furious about his writing so he had to run away to Philadelphia at the age of 17. His love for experiments could be seen at an early age for he carried out an experiment on kites during a lighting storm. This one was in regards to lighting and power. Franklin was a famous politician as well as a civil activist during the Enlightenment Era that took place in North America. He was widely known as he played his role as the Ambassador to France and the effort he made to acquire French military assistance when the American Revolution was ongoing. Among other achievements, Benjamin was among the Founding Fathers that put their signatures for the Declaration of Independence besides helping in the drafting of the United States Constitution. Besides being approachable and self-effacing, Benjamin Franklin was an extremely brilliant person.2 he was first a businessman as well as a scientist although he later got involved in civics and politics.

The reason why Franklin did not become a state was because when a vote was held, Franklin

Benjamin Franklin is one of our most famous figures in the American Revolution. However, he was not just a founding father, but worked outside of politics as a writer and inventor, which made him the man he was.What did this man achieve? How did he indirectly save lives? Read on to find out. HEY GUYS HE COULD SPEAK FRENCH ALSO

Since the beginning, Americans have valued their independence and self-reliance. Parents teach independence to children at a young age. In American society, parents also teach children that if they need help, to ask for it. A large part of American Heritage has been that of an opportunistic and entrepreneurial country. Americans strive to cross the threshold from their poor upbringings to high social and economic status through hard work and personal ambition. America is an innovative country, fixated on new ideas and improvements to old ideas. The production of new thinking, determination, and hard work has been ever-changing function. Americans are independent, innovative, and opportunistic largely due to the concept of time conscious. They

“3 can keep a secret if two are dead” Ben Franklin. In year 1731 Ben Franklin opened one of the world's first public library in it really helped people who wanted a book but was too much money. Ben also wanted to help others by his marvelous inventions. Ben was very selfless so he helped others as much as he could. Ben was one of the volunteers to become a firefighter and one of his inventions helped with being one. Ben invented bigify glasses that made others see things from far away and close up.

American colonialism was the very start of America as we have it today. Now don't get me wrong, it was quite different from what we know today, however we still got our start in this time, and it is important to acknowledge the changes found in the time of our Founding Fathers. Through many readings and activities, we can clearly see how the colonial period of our nation was quite conservative compared to what we have (or are) today. Some of the readings come from Ben Franklin, and they show just how different and conservative the day today was in this time.

We live in a world where the internet and social media plays a big role. There are constantly becoming less and less physical contact, and fewer face-to -face relations. This is demonstrated by the fact that we keep in touch with each other over Facebook, shopping takes place over the internet, we keep up with our economy whit online banking and meet friends and lovers over online dating sites. In late modern society, we are always available. But are we really missing out on a lot of important stuff, and is this necessarily a bad thing? This is also the theme in Jonathan Franzen’s essay, “Liking is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts” from 2011. The focus in this essay will be on how Jonathan Franzen

The image and the values promoted in Franklin's autobiography would later come to be regarded as essential American virtues: determination, industriousness, and self-sufficiency. It was purportedly these virtues which led to his great practical accomplishments in publishing, politics, and science. In a sense, Franklin's autobiography was the first exposition of the now-famous American Dream.

This quote from Franzen’s story all round explains this whole story. Franzen uses a new blackberry phone and compares it to people surrounding us and ourselves and mainly love. He explains the contrast between technology and the problem of love. Pain, rejection, and lies are filled with love and never knowing what someone is feeling or thinking. The reason why Franzen thinks we have problems with love is that no one knows exactly what they want.

“I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man,”(Hamilton). Alexander Hamilton was a fellow founding father of Benjamin Franklin and was first secretary of the treasury. Similarly to Franklin, Hamilton was a self made man and known for his self-improvement; however, Hamilton’s plan of self-improvement was different that Franklin’s. Due to Hamilton being born a bastard, thus being of low position, he seized every opportunity to gain knowledge and a higher social rank. In The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin, Franklin explains his plan for self-improvement. Franklin intentionally wants to live a life without any faults, so he lists thirteen good virtues he feels that he falls short of the mark and will try to maintain those virtues. He creates a calendar to track his progress, and starts at the first virtue the first week, then the second week he adds the second virtue.Benjamin Franklin didn’t make this plan up on the fly, he thought long and hard about how he would form the plan and his decisions affected his plan and results of the plan. The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin shows his plan having multiple uses and effects.