Flat Earth Society

artist and architect Maya Lin entered public life at age 21, sparking waves of controversy in 1981 when she won a competition for the design of the Monument for the Veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (Artist/Architect Maya Lin: Creating Epic, Earth-Friendly Designs | IIP Digital, 2016). Although her design, unconventional and dramatic, a wall of black granite in the shape of the letter V, with engravings of US soldiers’ names who were killed, was criticized by some veterans, currently the monument

“We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever.” (Rand 19) Equality. Complete, utter, flat equality. This is the superior goal of the State. To begin, the Council restrains its citizens to life-long forced content and obedience. There is no thought put into its people’s actions, lives, or even thoughts, for all work is for the great “We”. There are no new thoughts; not even just a single new idea spoken aloud. The Council will remain exactly

Maritime Technology’s Aid in the Age of Exploration The innovation of maritime technology has revolutionized travel throughout history. Prior to ships and sea travel, humans were separated by vast oceans and confined to their homeland for life. Because of these large boundaries, discoveries and inventions were only shared within land masses and trade as a whole was very limited. This uncharted, inaccessible territory caused a major separation of mankind. However, these oceans sparked curiosity

philosophical viewpoint that there are no absolute moral truths, only truths relative to the cultural context in which they exist. From this it is therefore presumed that what one society considers to be morally right, another society may consider to be morally wrong, therefore, moral right's and wrongs are only relative to a particular society. Thus cultural relativism implies that what is 'good' is what is 'socially approved' in a given culture. Two arguments in favour of cultural relativism are the 'Cultural

criteria to become a civilization, but they were also different, because geographic factors affected their lives differently. Three reasons why the society, government, and culture of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia were similar and different are: first, while both civilizations were located in a river valley, geographic conditions made sustaining society in Mesopotamia more difficult than in Ancient Egypt. Second, Mesopotamia and Egypt had effective bureaucracies, but the many sustained invasions throughout

THE DISUSION ON THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON OUR SOCIETY Technology makes our lives easier as we can communicate with others anywhere in the world in the comfort of our homes. According to Merriam – Webster (2017), technology is application of knowledge, the practical aimed to change human life or to change and manipulate the human environment. It also includes the use of materials, tools, techniques and sources of power to make life and work easier or more pleasant and productive. This essay is

authors such as Ovid, Cicero, and Catos taking away their credibility. Wagner also analyzes the true meaning behind the action of digging, “Together, they prepare a section of ‘flat and fertile plain’ on which to lay their foundation of proto feminist...once the muck of misogyny is removed from the field, the rich substance of earth can bring forth fruit like in the Garden of Eden.” (Wagner, 71) As Wagner states, Pizan uses her literature to go against the norm, using a powerful source: God. The construction

An open society like America is an imperfect society that holds itself open for improvements. In the books Anthem by Ayn Rand and Animal Farm by George Orwell are about societies that may seem perfect cannot exist. Although both books can’t live in perfect societies, they have dramatically different results on what the citizens do once they figure out their society is corrupted. The citizen, Equality 7-2521, in Anthem leaves the society to work for a better one, while the citizens in Animal Farm

Mars. Though the task may be daunting to some, the ideas and resources needed to sustain a colony on Mars is very important. The similarities and differences between the ideas presented will be analyzed so that the ideas that will form the future for Earth can be used. Moreover, these ideas will also be compared and contrasted to those from the movie, The Martian. In the Mars-X colony, the government was a popular sovereignty, in other words the people’s say. The Mars-X colony was established on ground

dictator Joseph Stalin mercilessly ruled over Russia. Also during this time, the beginnings of World War II took place. These events more than likely inspired the plot for Anthem, a dystopian fiction. Rand's projection of the totalitarianism of Anthem's society is astounding, the book itself has feeling and meaning in correlation to today's world. Anthem depicts a collectivism dictatorship world of the future as in this world there is no "I", these people are forced to follow a strict set of rules, and they