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Dystopia and maybe Utopia?

  By apalmer5 20 April 2024 - 21:46 20 April 2024 Definition

Previously I defined dystopia as a negative end-result that occurs as a consequence of some power structure put in place either by humans or by nature, whereby some group of individuals (of some size) end up experiencing the negative consequences of the end result of a negative power structure. Now Continue reading

Tagged   BP06

Technology in the Modern Age: Data Privacy Discussion

  By apalmer5 9 March 2024 - 21:53 22 March 2024 Class Notes

Technology has become a fundamental feature of social life in Western society, and technology companies continue to evolve the ways in which we interact with technology. Recently Big Data, the art of collecting and analyzing massive stockpiles of business data, has become the next evolution of technology. As technology companies Continue reading

Tagged   BP04, privacy

Of the people, for the people, by the people

  By apalmer5 17 February 2024 - 09:46 26 February 2024 Postread

The idea of a dystopia has a strong interconnection with the idea of people’s government. Many dystopias are predicated on the idea that a central ruling power oppresses the people of its governance unjustly, and this is what created the dystopian society. Thomas Hobbes discusses the nature of man and Continue reading

Tagged   BP03

def dystopia(world): return dystopia(world)

  By apalmer5 20 January 2024 - 23:02 30 January 2024 Definition

The above is programming syntax to define a function called dystopia, which takes in a world and returns a world. This program, however, runs in an infinite loop as is, as nothing in the world is changed, and the return value simply repeats the previous call on the next run. Continue reading

Tagged   BP01
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