Social worlds

Something curious is happening on the World Wide Web. It is undergoing a slow transformation from an abstract, chaotic, information web into what I call a social hypertext. Initially, I didn't pay much attention to the Web. After all, it was just a new take on distributed information server systems such as WAIS[8] and Gopher[1]. True, it was easier to use than WAIS, and the ability of Web browsers to display formatted text and graphics with embedded links made it more attractive and engaging than

The majority of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley takes place in the World State, or what is considered to be the civilized world. In the World State, citizens emerge from test tubes where their lives have been predestined in the Fertilizing Room of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Center. In the novel, readers are also introduced to a reservation called Malpais. Malpais resembles a more traditional society where women undergo birth and the destiny of their offspring is typically left

Social media has heavily influenced the world and helps people express themselves and find friends, family, and business opportunities. Syed N. Ali of Social Media Today gives a list of pros and cons to social media. The pros listed in his article are building friends and relations, reducing communication barriers, and making business opportunities. The cons explain that social networking leads to addiction, isolation, and affecting productivity. Though the cons given are well thought of by Mr. Ali

has been involved in many conflicts, but the World Wars are two of the major conflicts, which many people lost their lives. World War II, being the more recent war, is the war that the United States should have entered earlier than they have. The World Wars are two of the most violent wars we have had in the world, but World War II, was by far, the more hurtful war out of the two. World War II has violated many human rights, and has produced many social injustices to the people who have suffered

Many people wonder if having social stability in the world is worth the price of sacrificing freedom, passions, beliefs, etc… In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, people are predestined for their future the second they are artificially born which is also known as the Bokanovsky's Process, a form of genetic engineering. In the novel, at the World State, a place where people are put into a certain caste which are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. Within those caste they are trained to be able

Brave New World is a novel written by Aldous Huxley, in which social stability is placed above all else. The sacrifice of individuality in the name of social stability is indeed worth the cost as the citizens of the World State are kept healthy, safe, and happy. “One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them” (Huxley16). Social stability has numerous benefits, the major one being keeping the citizens of world state safe. To ensure their safety, the leaders of society have

Social Perception Everyone has a difference of opinion derived from one’s childhood and experience; this difference of opinion creates a perspective that is unique to the individual. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the unitary government, World State (w.s), requires all of its citizens to sacrifice feeling and emotional attachments for social stability. The sacrifices which the w.s asks of its citizens are worth the price to reach social stability because of their past attempts at government

One can gain experiences by acknowledging and understanding social and cultural differences throughout the world. Travel helps enlighten these aspects along with humanitarian efforts. Tourism provides insight to economic standings of various cultures. Through tourism society can “promote peace and understanding between peoples.” (…) Thomas Cook saw and understood the hardships the working class in the United Kingdom and a vison for those less fortunate to have a once and a lifetime experience of

Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, the imbalance of power within the totalitarian government controlled caste system exposes the exploitative nature of society, by constructing a stark difference in the classes; to illustrate the struggle of the underprivileged beneath the power of a society concreted in the ideology of capitalist totalitarian. The Caste system within the World state creates a distinct difference in the people, allowing an oppressive drawback for the lower classes. In the World State

Disparity between Classes in Semester Readings The fictional stories Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo, and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens are all set in societies with classes that either dignify great importance or lack thereof. Character interaction, plot points, and demeanor of the characters are all influenced by their social statuses. In A Tale of Two Cities it’s nobility versus the working class. In the more modern story, Really Really, Leigh