Flat Earth Society

would drive the chariot of the sun, pulled by his four horses, across the sky, bringing light to the world. Once he would reach the Hesperides (essentially the horizon), he would travel along the river circling the flat Earth to reach his home in the east to rise again the next day. Society now recognizes that

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

In the book Anthem and the movie 2081, there was a very similar story line and messages but two completely different ideas and ways to show the society and how they operate. In the movie 2081, the leader named the Handicapper General was the one to decide the handicaps people get to make everyone equal. Some were stronger, smarter, and prettier than others and they wanted things to be “equal”. In the book Anthem, there was no individuality and there were no such words as I, me, "my." Anyone using

fiction book that shows the effects of science and technology in the society. Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes and solutions of a specific problem (Mooney, 2016). The author writes about some technologies that are similar to the ones that were invented years after the book was written. Some of these technologies include the Bluetooth headsets, ear buds, electronic surveillance, large flat screen televisions, the aeromovel, self-driving cars, fingerprint or

Buck’s The Good Earth. The Good Earth published in 1931 during which time a woman was to be obedient and take care of the household. While O-Lan does meet the criteria, she also goes against the customs by working in the fields. O-Lan has often been viewed as a tragic hero because of her silence, the fact that she is virtually unchanging throughout the novel, her ability to handle verbal abuse from her husband Wand Lung, O-Lan must also overcome the conflict of man versus society and man versus man

Conspiracy theories have been around since the beginning of time. When NASA sent the first landed on the moon, there are people who believed that NASA faked the moon landings. Men, such as Bill Kaysing, the Flat Earth Society, and Davie Groves, and Bart Sibrel, have written books, delivered lectures, and made videos about why they believed NASA faked the moon landings. Based on their observations which include no stars in their pictures, NASA's drive to beat the Russians to the moon, and a way to

people that adhered to this religion were the Persians of the Persian Empire that dated from 550 - 330 B.C. and was located from Anatolia and Egypt across western Asia to northern India and Central Asia. The Persian society was patriarchal but the women were seen as very valuable in society and experienced much more equality than any other women of different empires. The economy was mostly based on trade which brought the provinces and the entire empire together and more integrated. Urbanized Zoroastrians

As a society, we have become so accustomed to metaphors and empty truths that we absent-mindedly accept them. But if society is told a lie and believes it, does that turn the lie into the truth? For example, in the beginning of the human's reign on this planet, humans thought the earth was flat only to be proven that the earth was in fact round. But if ordinary humans were told that the earth is flat and they accept that as the truth, live their life as though it is true, then what makes it untrue

Wisdom and Foolishness One of the most famous openings to a book, if not the most famous, is the start of Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. Even if you have never read a sentence of the novel, the phrase, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” must sound familiar. The opening phrases of A Tale of Two Cities may sound like they contradict themselves, but what Dickens was trying to convey was that many good and bad things were happening at that time. Although this story takes

becoming green a priority for the survival of planet earth. In Thomas Friedman’s book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, he addresses pollution’s impact on the environment and on the population. Restoring the environmental crisis, although a costly task, separate nations should aid each other to find a solution. Just as Friedman advocates, society must change its behavior to benefit the environment and civilization. Exploitive human actions damage the earth. Human’s daily habits cause rising temperatures from