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HW 11

1. Not unless we find out a way to travel great distances without it taking up a lot of time. 

2. I would want my robot to turn co2 into oxygen. Because oxygen is good. 

3. Yes they could they would just have to be compensated for their robots work. And the robots cannot have human level intelligence otherwise that is slave labor. 

4. Begins by talking about death and dying. Lonely sad feeling. Shows a kid playing the piano. They are now trying to guess his secret. A computer wrote it. Begins talking about ray and his book. bill gates says he is the best at making predictions about the future. Bio computers in your head to allow you to learn anything. Nanobots. Talks about the biological singularity. There will be no distinctions between man and machine. Human machine hybrids. People are afraid of the future. Started his first company at 18 years old. Received the national medal of technology. Wrote the book the singularity is near. His mission is to tell the world about the future of technology as it pertains to mankind. Goes and talks at a videogame conference. Talks about his time at MIT and how their tech was then vs now. People underestimate how much things will be different in the future. Law of accelerating returns. Growth in semi conductors every two years sounds like moors law to me. Technology builds on itself over time and as time progresses technology progresses more quickly. Talks about human evolution. We are only at the beginning of our evolution. The machine that helps blind people read cost 20k. Shows the portable version of the technology. Talks about how cell phones will at some point incorporate all of these technologies. Thought they could replace fossil fuels within the next 20 years. GNR = genetic nanotechnology robotics. our brains will be mostly nonbiological. Will put an end to death. Rude caller talks trash about dude, makes himself out to be an a hole. Calls him a crackpot. Technology grows and grows until its in control. Then talks about the singularity as it pertains to astronomics. We are going to transcend humanity. Guy agrees with him but not with his timeline. It will take much longer in his mind to reach the singularity. dude has lots of cat figurines. talks about his father. ideas shape our history. father was a musician. father had a heart attack. Talks about genes and how they are rely software / programs. Was a little hard to understand but I believe the man had pancreatitis. Shows all the pills he is having to take. He knew William Shatner. Shatner does not want to die, just like all of us. Talks about diet pills and pills in general. People scoff at the mans idea of genetic engineering, guess whos laughing now? they lack imagination. That woman at around 39:00 is painfully unfunny. Robotic blood cells. Will be able to download information directly into our brain, matrix style. Talks about the artificial brain lab. Says this is NOT AI technology. Talks trash about rays ideas. Its funny when smart people put their ego above actual scientific progress. Talks about brain scanning technology and how it can be used to help us understand how the human brain works. And then we will be able to make simple systems based off of our discoveries. Something I think ray didn't consider is the fact that a lot of people are getting stupider as time progresses. Rays father had his first heart attack when ray was 15. Ray kept all of his fathers music and notes. Talks about rays death. Talks about VR. Wants to create an AI of his father. This is rely sad. Guy says ray is very optimistic. artilect war. AIs kill off us humans. They would view humanity as insects. Thinks there will be a war between those who want AI technology and those who dont. Predicts mass casualties. if not the extinction of our entire species. intelligence is the most powerful phenomena in the world says ray. The singularity is the point where we loose control of the situation and AIs dominate our race. Talks about tagging using microchips. This is common technology today although not for humans. His implant could id him and open doors. The surgeon found that the implant was being rejected by the body like most foreign objects. There will be a physical interface between the brain and some technology. Ghost in the shell style. Evolution is not good or bad, it just is. talks about how video games have evolved and compare it to the growth of VR. VR will become almost similar to real life. Maybe we are already in a VR world. You can become immortal by being able to store your thoughts onto a piece of technology. At what point do we stop being human? Guy says we will become like gods. They believe it is their duty to create god. Talks about how from a biblical perspective we will never make it to the point of the biological singularity. guy does not think we will ever be able to conquer death. How far will technology transform humans? We will spread out throughout the universe. We will expand our civilization. Which will multiply our intelligence. The singularity will break up the universe. 

I actually rely enjoyed this video and will be exploring more of rays thoughts and ideas. The biggest thing I agree with is the fact that ray got his timeline a little off. I believe it will take far longer than expected to reach the singularity. If we can reach it at all. 

5. Going to write 500 words on my project. 

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HW 9

The observer effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDmi8SnxURM

The first few minute have nothing to do with anything so skip ahead. Once the speaker decides to breach the actual topic he talks about how the act of observing something changes it. He talks about how in experimentation, when a scientist expects to find something they usually do. For everything that happens to us we assign a positive or negative value to the event. This seems a lot like the power of positive thinking to me. Also I know from past research that a random number counter can be affected by the act of observing it. There is also Young’s double slit experiment. In my opinion this guy has only began to understand the topic of the observer affect. Dude does not know what linear means. He says linear and then proceeds to draw a zig zagged line. Talks about the advantage principle but does not define it or go into great detail. A watched pot will not boil is an idiom that comes to mind in relation to this phenomenon.

This was a terrible video. 

 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQKELOE9eY4

You can never simultaneously know the exact position and exact speed of an object. the act of measuring an object changes its speed and vice versa. happens because everything acts as a particle and a wave at the same time. Particle exist in a single space at a single time. waves are disturbances in space. wavelength is related to its velocity. short wavelength = fast. 

This was a good video that contained a lot of good information. 

 Quantum Tunneling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTodS8hkSDg

First talks about the conservation of energy. an object rolled down a hill cannot go any higher up the other side than the height it was originally dropped from. the video talks about how the rules of the conservation of energy change at the quantum level. This is an analogy not an explanation. 

Bad video. Does not actually explain anything about what quantum tunneling is. 

 The Butterfly Effect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JsD5Mz9eQY

Small causes can have large effects. a butterfly flapping its wings could create a tornado on the other side of the world say the speaker. Was initially applied to the weather, economics… a small change at one place can result in large differences in a different state. talks about sensitive dependence. a way of describing the accumulate effect over time of very small actions in complex systems. Talks about the sound of thunder book. The limitations of predicting systems. Talks about time travel and the affect the butterfly affect could have on the future. Talks about Adolph hitler and how things would be different if he had been accepted into art school. The affect takes time. 

In my opinion this was a good video. using back to the future instead of the movie as an example of the butterfly effect nagged me a little. Too easy I guess. 

  External perturbations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALk1jLooZro

This is the closet video I could find on the topic. 

Talks about Keplar and how planets move around the sun. the deviations from the perfectly elliptical pathways are called perturbations. Was used to form the causal laws. Also called newtons synthesis. Talks about the three laws of motion. The planets pull each other towards each other when they come too close to each other when going around the sun. The attraction causes a deviation in the planets perfectly eleptical path called a perturbation. 

I thought this was a informative video.

 Existentialism 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tgqj9MU8M

Grabbed my attention right off the bat by using a phrase I have heard many times but never rely knew what it meant, the quintessential existentialist. Talks about 2 scientist whos names I cannot pronounce. existence precedes essence. we have to create our own lives and self. God does not exist and neither does destiny. we are condemned to be free. we have an absolute responsibility to ourselves. asking why we are living is an existential crisis. we struggle to find genuine meaning for our existence. we are free but the world is absurd. There is no purpose to life. Living is the purpose of life. it is the responsibility to make the right choices for ourselves. 

I liked this video. 

 The care horizon

 I cannot find a vido on this or even a definition. 

2.

I do not think the observer effect can be applied to the colonization of the moon. I guess one could argue that the act of actively observing people trying to colonize the moon could change the results. I'm just not sure how. Maybe if enough people were observing the effort then it would come to fruition more quickly. 

I guess the hisenburg uncertainty principle can be applied to the rockets flying to the moon. They have a position and a speed but according to the heisenburg uncertainty principle you can only know one of them. 

I am not sure how one would apply quantum tunneling to the colonization of the moon. From what I understand the only way to “view” the phenomena of quantum tunneling is to be working with subatomic particles. The colonization of the moon will mostly deal with objects larger than an atom. 

The butterfly effect can be applied to the colonization of the moon. The act of colonizing the moon will most definitely have huge affects on the world as a whole. For starters other countries might not like the idea of a single county or even a group of them controlling the moon. The act of colonizing the moon could start a conflict or even a war. 

I guess you could apply external perturbations to the colonization of the moon. Seeing as how we will probably have to put satellites into the moons orbit before the colonization process can begin, we will have to calculate any changes in our satalites orbit, or perturbations, in order to not crash or be released from our satalite position. 

I guess Existentialism can be applied to the colonization of the moon. if we our solely responsable for our own existence than it is our duty to push the limits of that existance. We are limited by our perception of the world around us. 

3.

Topic = the colonization of earths moon. 

5 years from todays date = we are beginning to discuss the idea of colonizing the moon. 

10 years from todays date = We have formed alliances with other countries to form the foundation of the new moon colony. 

20 years from todays date = Setbacks occur we go to war with another country. or a disease breaks out that stalls us out. 

50 years from todays date = we have overcome the setbacks and are once again looking to colonize the moon. 

100 years from todays date = we have successfully put into orbit a set of space stations that will be used as the staging ground for the moons colonization. 

200 years from todays date = we have built permanent structures beneath the moons surface and are close to unlocking the secrets of artificial gravity. 

1000 years from todays date = we now understand how to make artificial gravity and the moon is a fabulous new society full of happy colonist. 

10000 years from todays date = The human race has been in a war with lifeforms from another star who want to stop the human race from expanding its borders. 

1 million years from todays date = I would like to believe that by this point we will have become at least a type 3 civilization and have spread out among the stars. But I know in my heart this will never come to pass. More likely our race will have fizzled out long before this point. 

4.

Link did not work but I found one on youtube. 

Link = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zMAiGcDHG8

Talks about how the singularity could replace consciousness. Talks about the humans rise above the other animals. Humans ponder the meaning of life. Humans are not the tool making animal but the animal who can spread its cognitive ability to the outside world, like reading and writing. Cognitive outsourcing. I believe what this man is alluding to is the day in which human kind merges with machines and in turn begin to share their consciousness with one another. When enough people merge together a singularity is formed. One conscious many bodies. All becomes one. And one become all. 

5.

It is my opinion that the colonization of the moon will cause a great upheaval across the world. Maybe not at first but it will definitely come to be. The temptation to use the moon as a base for military operations will be great. In fact, the very idea that one country or a group of countries being able to achieve this goal is probably enough to cause mass paranoia and strife. I would like to believe that as a race we would come together in order to quell this strife, but alas experience leads me to doubt. We will have to create an entire new system of governess in order to achieve our dream of colonizing the moon. Or we will have to fight for the right to colonize the moon. But before that can happen there will be a lot of work to do. We must first either learn how to create artificial gravity or we have to learn how to remove our brains from our body to be installed into one more suitable for space travel. If that proves to be too difficult, we could construct humanoid avatars, controlled by humans back on earth, that can withstand the harsh conditions of space. These avatars can then be used to colonize celestial bodies other than our own. Perhaps even prep them for our habitation. In the end we will either have to make the moon, or at least our moon base, more human friendly, or we will have to make our bodies more resistant to spaces wrath. 

6.

Will begin by talking about our previous adventures into space as well as the moon.

then I will discuss the geography of the moon. 

Next I will talk about the political restraints keeping us from colonizing the moon. 

Then I will talk about the physical condition of outer space as well as one the moon. 

Next I will discuss the human body and how it functions on earth vs in space. 

then I will talk about adapting the human body to space. 

I will next discuss the limitations of transporting items to the moon. 

Next I will discuss what will we will need to take with us to survive. 

then I will discuss how we will get water and food on the moon. 

Will discuss how we will have to harvest building materials from the moon. 

Will begin to discuss possible solutions to the problems preventing us from colonizing the moon. 

Next I will talk about how the moon can be used as a weapon. 

Then I will talk about how technology will work in low gravity. 

I will discuss what types of foods they will take with them. 

I will then discuss basic human nutritional requirements. 

I will discuss how the colonist will defend themselves from the harsh conditions of space. 

I will discuss dison spheres and type 1-3 civilizations. 

Next we will talk about potential challenges. 

Then I will talk about how the colonization of the moon will affect the earth. 

I will conclude with my thoughts on whether or not colonizing the moon is actually feasible. 

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HW 8

1.

My project is on the future colonization of earths moon.

Object to improve = Food supply. The only food the colonist will have in the beginning will be what they take with them. And seeing as how they can only transport so much of it at a time, one of the largest problems they will face is keeping up their food supply. 

Improvement = Weight of moving object. How much food can be transported is directly related to how much the food weighs. I suggest making the food weigh less. 

Conflict = Loss of substance. You tend to loose some of your product when dehydrating it or cooking it down. Especially in the form of water. 

Solution = Make concentrate. By making concentrate you can get more nutrition per pound than by leaving the food in its original form. 

Object to improve = Water supply. Water is critical to the survival of life. 

Improvement = Quantity of the substance. The colonist will only be able to transport so much water at a time. 

Conflict = Weight of moving substance. Water is heavy.

Solution = Change the waters physical state from liquid to gas. Water vaper takes up less space than its liquid form. Therefore more water can be transported if in the form of gas. 

Object to improve = Power supply. The colonist will have to produce their own power. 

Improvement = Power. We want to increase the amount of power available to the colonist. 

Conflict = Temperature. The production of power usually generates a lot of heat. 

Solution = Use waste resources, energy, or substances. The excess heat can be used create more energy. Or the excess heat can be used as a heat source for the colonist. 

b.

 Energy production, in most cases, produces a large amount of excess heat. That heat can be used instead of wasted. Future colonist can use the heat from generating electricity to heat up their housing units. It can also be used for cooking or to process materials. Excess heat can also be harnessed in order to produce even more electricity. 

2.

There will be many challenges facing those who attempt to colonize the moon. And these challenges will inventive solutions. The amount of supplies that can be transferred from the earth to the moon is limited, mainly by cost. Therefore, it is imperative that each rocket heading towards the moon is carrying the absolute maximum amount of supplies possible. Once established the colonist can begin to produce and harvest their own resources. But in order to get to that point the colonist must have a large enough cache of supplies. For example, theoretically the colonist should be able to harvest water from the ice found on the moon. But they must have enough water to consume while implementing a system to harvest the water. Seeing as how the water on the moon is in the form of ice, perhaps the colonist can use any excess heat generated by the production of electricity to melt the ice. One way the colonist can help increase the amount of water they can take with them is by first turning it into a gas. Water vaper takes up less room than its liquid counterpart, therefore more of it can be loaded into a spacecraft. Also, the colonist can increase the amount of food they can transport by dehydrating it or by making concentrate. Dehydrated food may weigh less than when in its original state, but it also contains less water. Humans get a lot of their daily water intake from the foods they eat. If the colonist are relying on dehydrated foods as their primary source of nutrition, they will require more water than usual. Concentrates also are good for allowing more food to be transported at a time but like dehydrated foods, concentrates require water in order to dilute the substance into a usable form. One article I read suggested that in order to maximize the amount of supplies colonist can transport, the colonist will have to use local resources as much as possible. The article goes on to talk about how future moon colonist should try to use building materials found on the moon to build their structures. The colonist must also take into account that the reduced gravity affects the way structure should be built. Another part of the article talked about crime and how that being on the moon would not stop it. The colonist will need to create protocols for this inevitability.

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HW7

1.     For this question I chose the year 2100. The human population is constantly increasing. I believe that by the year 2100 the earth will be very overpopulated. Food production and resource harvesting will become critical. I believe that in the year 2100 our eating habits will probably be much different than they are today. It may be that humans live off a combination of nutrient paste, pills, and other synthetic products. As the population increases the amount of usable space decreases. It might become impractical to use up so much land for raising livestock when that same amount of land could be used to house a factory that could produce many times the amount of edible material.

 2.

According to NASA the earth’s moon is likely to have a core similar to the earths. Like the earth, the moon has a solid inner core surrounded by a fluid outer core. And around the fluid outer core is a partial melt layer. This is good for future moon colonist. The thermo energy from the moon’s core could possibly be used to generate heat and power for the colonist. It seems that the largest hurdle for the colonization of the moon is its lack of gravity. Unless humanity can come up with a means to produce artificial gravity the permanent colonization of the moon will not be possible. Instead humans will only be able to occupy the moon for a limited amount of time before getting sick. The colonization of the moon might look different than I initially imagined. It might be the case that humankind inhabits the moon via spaceships with artificial gravity capabilities orbiting the moon as satellites, and only go down to the moon’s surface for limited amounts of time. Of course, we would then have to deal with a lot of possible impacts between spacecraft as well as from debris being flung at the moon. It would be easier to implement some type of artificial gravity generator on a spaceship than the moon due to the size difference. Without gravity humanity cannot survive on the moon indefinitely. The human body seems to be able to withstand the affects of low gravity for over a year before it begins to affect their health. Of course, during this time, the human in question is having do lots of physical exercises in order to help keep their muscle tissue from degenerating. Therefore, maybe we can work out a rotational system in which people only occupy the moon for a year or so at a time before having to either return to the earth or to a spaceship with artificial gravity. But before that we will have to design an artificial gravity system that can work on a spaceship. I do not think that the lack of gravity would deter companies in certain fields. The military for example is used to sending their people to distant places for an agreed upon amount of time. The more I research the more it seems that our reason for wanting to colonize the moon has to be something other than strictly for habitation.

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HW6

1.

a.

For my project I choose to write a 3000 word paper on the future colonization of the moon.

 b.

The colonization of the moon could afford us many possibilities. Because the moon is close to the earth, we will be able to learn more about what it takes to colonize another planetary body, while remaining relatively safe. If something too bad happens or if the colonizers need something they didn’t foresee requiring, they can simply call the earth and have us send it to them. In other situations, we might be too far away to hear the distress message in time or be too far away to send them the materials they require before its too late. The colonization of the moon will be profoundly important to our learning what it will take to colonize a celestial body different from our own. The moon differs from the earth in quite a few different ways. First off, the gravity is much weaker than it is on the earth. This will be one such problem humanity will have to hurdle. We need gravity close to our own or else after a while it will do damage to the human body. So artificial gravity is a technology we will have to develop and sharpen. Next there is no liquid water on the moon, which is a problem because colonist can only carry so much with them. Additional water will have to be foraged. Finding a way to harvest the ice on the moon or from the surrounding areas will be one way for us to obtain and maintain a water supply. We will also have to get below the moons surface in order to not get pulverized by debris crashing into the moon. This might work in our favor seeing as how it should be warmer closer to the moons core. But with that said I am not sure if the moons core is active or not. But even if it is not, being below ground will allow us to retain heat somewhat. From what I remember about the Apollo missions, the surface of the moon is very soft. We will probably end up using the same landing site as the famed Apollo 11 crew. Or at least use their data to pick a suitable landing area. 

 c.

What I would like to do next is find out if the moon has an active core. Also I would like to learn more about our current artificial gravity technology. 

 2.

  From what I understand the Kline and Rosenburg model begins with research which adds to the knowledge base. From there the knowledge base is used in the marketing process. If by the end of the marketing process the creators think up a better way to do something it gets applied to the research process which in turn adds to the knowledge base. Once the new idea is researched and becomes knowledge it can then be applied to the marketing process. Also, if something new gets added to the knowledge base it can cause new ideas to be formed which can lead to new research. Everything is interconnected. The invention I chose was the computer. There are a lot of examples of how the evolution of the computer relates to the Kline Rosenberg model, but for the sake of time I will just choose a few. The first computers had to be completely rewired in order to reprogram them. Through the research process scientist discovered that data can be stored electronically. Research was translated to the knowledge base which in turn was translated to the market in the form of a new type of computer. In a similar manner, computers that could run calculations replaced the need for large scale tabulating operations. Research produced a machine capable of doing complex calculations. And as a result, the market changed to reflect the new technology. Examples of knowledge being directly added to the knowledge base without us going through the research process would be when we learned about the Germans telex messaging network. We did not do the research ourselves but once we had the knowledge, we were able to apply it.

 From what I understand the Abernathy and Utterback’s model of innovation starts in a phase of uncertainty. Manufacturers are trying to either create the dominant design or are waiting for it to be presented to the market so that they know where to begin.

The second phase is the transitional phase. In this phase the dominant design emerges. This phase involves competition amongst companies trying to win the battle for the dominant design. The dominant design is like the standard. The example given by the article I read was Windows OS won the competition for dominant design during its time. In the same way Betamax lost out to VHS for control over whose design was dominant.

The final phase is the Specific Phase. From what I understand this phase is about tailoring the dominant design to fit specific needs. Examples of this phase would be windows pc vs MAC. They both have the same basic functions and technologies, but some people prefer one over another. Another example would be apple I phones vs Android Smart Phones. They have the same dominant design, but they are slightly different. For one android smart phones are somewhat cheaper than iPhones.

 From what I understand the Henderson – Clark Model is all about incremental innovations. As a product advances it usually goes through quite a bit of evolution. The computer hard disk was the example given in the article I read. The two incremental innovations in this case were improvements in the magnetic disk capacity and a faster rotation speed.

 The Teece model of innovation is about imitation and complementary assets. Imitation is where someone copies what you are doing. Products are susceptible to imitation. The example given in the article was RC cola being the first to invent a diet soda. Because they could not stop other more successful businesses like coca cola from imitating them and then using their superior complementary assets, distribution channels and brand recognition…, to dominate the market.

 From what I understand the Christensen I model is about products that are at the bottom of the market but slowly work their way to the top because of their affordability. A good example that I can think of would be generic smart phones vs Iphones. Iphones are the top of the line in their field but other options are becoming available at a much cheaper price. Today you can buy a AT&T smart phone for less than $100 that has most, if not all, of the same capabilities as the more expensive iPhone.

 Value Chain Evolution model seems to be about how well a company can adapt as the knowledge base is increased. An example of a business not adapting is xerox. Xerox did not put out a standard personal printer when they were at the top of the field. And as a result another company that adapted faster created a personal printer that made a lot of money at xeroxes expense.

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HW5

1.

https://www.predictit.org/ is the first prediction market website I chose to report on. Predictit seems to work a lot like intrade. People are betting on who will be the next president of the united states of America. You can bet on who exactly will win the election. Or you can vote on which party will win in the end. You can also bet on who will win each state. There are a lot of betting options and the website provides you with many graphs, charts, and statistics to help you make a decision. 

https://www.augur.net/ is the other prediction market I chose to report on. augur.net seems to let you make more complex wagers than predictit.com. For example augur.net trys to predict things like How many Super Tuesday Democratic primaries will Bernie Sanders win? According to Decision Desk HQ. It gives percentages and other information. 

2.

The predictions could be wrong due to interference. As the intrade.com scandal revealed, money can go missing from the prediction market. This seems to indicate that it is possible to tamper with the data. The temptation to alter the data for personal gain can be too strong for some to exist. 

3. 

In my opinion good things happen to good people because just like hate, kindness creates a cycle. If you are kind to someone I believe there is a better chance that they will be kind to others in turn. The more kind people there are the more likely you are to receive kindness. 

4. The most obvious way in which the colonization of the moon will affect me or people in general is by creating new and possibly lucrative jobs. Even if there are no precocious or semi precious resources on the moon there will still be a need for things like miners and engineers. Someone is going to have to help begin the process of making the moon livable. And more likely than not that will require us to dig down beneath the moons surface. The surface of the moon is too dangerous for us. Debreu is constantly hitting the moon and if we were to build on the surface we would probably loose our structures. Besides miners and engineers we will also need doctors and surgeons to keep the workers healthy. We will also require surveyors and geologist to help the engineers. Once colonized, teachers will be required to teach the children of the moon. In short there will be a new market for the more conventional careers. More specialized occupations should also see a rise in job availability. Another, and less positive, way in which the colonization of the moon could affect individuals like myself is by creating strife between earths most powerful nations. A positive solution would be for us all to come together to colonize the moon. Then we will not have to worry about one nation gaining power over the others. Theoretically, the strife between nations of power over the colonization of the moon could be a positive or a negative event. It is just as possible that the colonization of the moon could create a new nation and system of power. 

5. 

My 8-10 sources 

https://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/colonizing-the-moon/

This is an article put out by NASA 

Darby Dyar, professor of astronomy and geology at Mount Holyoke College believes that we will have a permanent structure on the moon in the next 50 years. The article from NASA seems to solidify the fact that the colonization of the moon will be a global or semi global affair. The article talks about the different ways in which they could get water on the moon. Which they pronounce to be one of the greatest challenges befalling the colonization of the moon. 

https://www.nasa.gov/stem-ed-resources/hep-lunar.html

This source is also from NASA, for which I am sure many will be. 

This article contains a PDF. The PDF is about lunar colonization and what types of energy we will be most useful in its attempt. 

https://www.nasa.gov/moon

Another article from NASA. So far I have not seen any other sources that were not .coms. I dont trust .coms and will only use .orgs or .nets. 

This article provides some of the basic information on the moon that I was looking for. Gives info like average lunar temp and how strong the gravity is. 

https://nineplanets.org/the-moon/

This article gives a lot more basic info on the moon. Such as crust density, and atmospheric readings. Also goes into great detail about the moons lack of a magnetic field, which could help us learn more about possible colonization.

http://planetfacts.org/the-moon-facts/

Like the name suggests this article is composed of 37 facts regarding earths moon. Helps you understand the weight difference between objects on the moon and those on the earth. 

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/moonpage.html

This webpage is going to be invaluable to me when writing my paper. It provides all info on past and future moon operations as well as their current or expected results. There is also lots of general information such as a lunar exploration time line. 

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/

This article gives a lot of general info on the moon. It seems a lot like the others but I did see some different info in this one that the others did not contain. 

https://moon.nasa.gov/

This article focuses on any and all news regarding the moon. I can use this article to get a feel for where we are in the lunar colonization time line. 

6.

 Something that will help me progress towards my vision of colonizing the earths moon is identifying how much water is already on the moon and in what form. I also would like to know the composition of the moon rocks brought back all those years ago in order to try and understand the geology of the moon. 

7.

Understanding these things is definitely helping me understand the issues that will arise when we try to colonize the moon. 

8.

Good job me. 

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HW4

 1.

The colonization of the earth’s moon could have both negative and positive effects on society. One positive effect colonizing our moon could have is by providing our species with a natural steppingstone towards the colonization of our solar system. By beginning our solar conquest so close to home affords us some opportunities. We would be able to learn and experiment in a fairly safe atmosphere. It takes approximately three days to get from the earth to the moon. If anything too bad happened, the pioneers could request help from earth. It might be costly, but we could send them anything they needed or forgot. Also, because the earth and the moon are so close together there is not really a conceivable time lag between messages going to and from the earth. The time delay between communications sent between the earth and the moon is 2.5 – 2.8 seconds. We would not have to wait a long time before knowing if something went wrong. The time delay gets longer as we get further away from the earth. For example, the time delay between the earth and mars is around 20 minutes. A lot can go wrong in 20 minutes. A negative impact the colonization, or attempted colonization, of the earths moon could cause is strife between countries of power. If the United States colonizes the moon what is stopping us from declaring the moon as part of our territory? And if gaining a tremendous amount of land and potential resources was not enough, whoever controls the moon could theoretically control the entire planet of earth. If militarized the moon could become an orbital command station from which attacks could be launched on a global scale. Moving forward with my project I would like to learn more about the moon. Especially what it is make of. I remember the Apollo astronauts had a lot of trouble finding a landing site where they would not sink into the ground. Also, I will be looking up the levels of gravity on the moon vs the earth in order to foresee any future problems that it might cause. I would also like to know how much it currently cost to send a rocket to the moon, as well as how much each rocket can carry on average.

 2.

Here is a link to the article I read about intrade.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/what-killed-intrade

Right off the bat I find some things off about this situation. First off, the article does not tell us how accomplished a climber the man was. Did he have experience climbing mountains? Has he done it before? Also, I do not like the fact that there is only one person who claims to have seem the body. How do we know he is not lying? Maybe the guy faked his death to avoid prosecution. The fact that he was reluctant to reveal the contents of his books is odd. Coupled with the fact that the man was known to turn down possibly lucrative business transactions that required him to reveal his company’s data books. Something is definitely wrong when a business is passing up ANY lucrative opportunities. In the end I do believe that he went off to mount Everest to either die or to fake his death. Whether it was because of the money that was missing or because they indeed did have someone use their business to interfere with the presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain.

 3,

I would have to reformat it a little bit, but yes it could work as one.

 4.

Prediction Market Contract

(Not a valid contract -- for educational use only)

Contract # 1

Prediction Market Contract

This document hereby certifies that 

The broker (Little Rock Prediction Company, Little Rock's most famous prediction marketplace)

will pay the last owner  and charge the first owner 

of this contract the sum of 

----ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) IN CASH----

 if the following event occurs as specified:

Earth’s moon gets fully colonized

for any reason and for any period of time between

6:00 p.m. on Thursday February 13, 2100 and 8:40 p.m. on Thursday April 30, 2150

 Otherwise this contract shall have a value of $0.00 (nothing)

 Sold by________________ to_____________for $______ on _________

 Sold by________________ to_____________for $______ on _________

 Sold by________________ to_____________for $______ on _________

 Sold by________________ to_____________for $______ on _________

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 Sold by________________ to_____________for $______ on _________

  5.

a.

1.Never lose your childlike sense of wander. I agree with this one because nostalgia can be very potent.

2. Loyalty is a two-way street. I agree with this. Mutual loyalty builds trust. And a little trust can go a long way. If people trust you, they are more likely to help you.

3.  Admit when you are wrong. I agree strongly with this one. Getting things out in the open helps get them resolved.

 b.

I agree that actively pursuing happiness is not a good way to go about finding it. In my opinion happiness is derived from peace and self-knowledge. You cannot be happy if you are stressed out. And in a lot of instances people who pursue what they believe will make them happy will end up getting stressed out in the process. In my opinion the path to happiness begins with self-identification. You cannot know what you want if you are not sure what it is you like. Many times, people confuse the things that seem like they would make them happy, like money, with the real thing, like love. Or they see other people happy and assume that the things that make them happy will make them happy as well. This is simply not the case in most situations. People value things differently therefore one must asses what it is that they want before actively pursuing it.

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HW3

1.

one potential future impact the colonization of the moon could have on individuals like myself, is the desire to colonize further celestial bodies in our solar system. In my opinion the colonization of the moon will distil into the general public a heightened desire to colonize our solar system. The colonization of the moon is the steppingstone that can be used to further space exploration and habitation by mankind. Think about how big a deal it was back when the United States and Russia were competing to be the first to the moon. In my opinion the real reason we both wanted to be the first is so that we could say that the moon belonged to either the United States or Russia. Therefore it is my opinion that once one country decides to colonize another celestial body it will in turn create a massive land grabbing movement in which all the nations of the world, those who have space traveling capabilities anyway, will compete to expand their borders.

Another potential future impact the colonization of the moon could have on an individual like myself, is the possible formation of new countries. What if the people who are sent out to colonize another celestial body decide that they would rather form a new system of government and no longer be a part of their country of origin. Kind of like how America was created. They said they were going to colonize the new world for the British but then decided once they got there that they would rather govern themselves. 

2.

One of the biggest impacts the colonization of the moon will have is the way in which it will affect the security of every county on the planet. whoever tries to colonize the moon will have to reassure every other countries' military that their intention is to colonize the moon not to weaponize it. With that said I cannot even begin to imagine any country being ok with this arrangement. Therefore it is more likely that the colonization of the moon will bring with it a new system of authority in which each country has an equal amount of power over the development and oversight of the colonization of the moon. In fact, the idea of colonizing the moon might actually get stalled out because of confliction between countries of power. 

Human cyberization would definitely affect security. Robotic Limbs that can greatly surpass the strength of natural ones could be used as weapons. Accidents could also occur due to a person not paying attention or by not being used to their new limbs. Even if engineers built the limbs to restrict the amount of energy they can generate, I am sure people could find a way around it. Also things like cybernetic eyes could be used against their users, by making them see things that aren't really there. On the other hand a security detail of heavily cyberized humans armed to the teeth could theoretically provide quite a bit of security. Also if your limbs are mechanical then you are less likely to die from a severe injury, seeing as how you have less biological fleshy parts that could get hurt. 

3.

The colonization of the moon could affect society as a whole by changing the way in which we travel. If we do colonize the moon than that means there is going to be a lot more air traffic than there used to be. And as a result new rules are sure to be needed to keep aircraft from colliding. 

The cyberization of human being could have many societal impacts. First off, What if we are able to greatly extend our lifespan? We are a society of beings who live only around 100 years. I imagine that beings who live far longer than one hundred years would be much different than we are. And a society ran by such beings would surely be different than ours is today. It would be very interesting to see how the human psyche would develop as it gets older and older. It would be equally interesting to see how these humans with extended lifespans would affect society as they aged. What would happen to concepts such as life insurance? I'm sure it would still exist but it would be much different than it is now. Overpopulation could quickly become a problem for a species such as ours if given a greatly increased lifespan. And by “like ours” I mean we pretty much have no more natural predators, and are spread out across the globe. Also, when someone does die I'm sure it would be considered a really big deal seeing as how it doesn't happen very often. 

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HW2

Q2 

The format I will chose for my project will be an essay paper. 3000 Words long.

Possible topics

 The colonization of the moon for various purposes

(There are plenty of reasons to want to colonize earth’s moon. From a military perspective one could argue that whoever controls the moon could control the world. Its scary to think about but the moon would make the prefect place to launch attacks from. Also I imagine it is easier to shoot rocket from the moon to the earth than vice versa. From a business perspective the colonization of the moon presents many lucrative possibilities. For starters the moon would be a natural starting point for space tourism. Also There might be valuable materials up their worth harvesting.)

 Genetic engineering and its future

(For this topic I would like to delve into the future of genetic engineering as it pertains to the field of health and medicine. In other words I want to research the possibilities of using genetic engineering to enhance the human form. There are plenty of animals with biological processes that human kind could benefit from possessing. Some useful biologicals processes human kind could benefit from having are Seeing in the dark, regeneration of limbs, the ability to camo oneself like the some squids and lizards.

 Human cyberization.

(For this topic I would like to research the possibility of using technology to enhance humans by making things like electric eyes and fully mechanical limbs a reality.)

Q3

b. The first major difference I see when researching the Delphi method online vs in class is that it should be conducted by a panel of experts in their field. I would not consider myself a expert in any major division of study. 

c. From what I understand the key draw back to the Delphi method is that it is slow. The article I read suggested that a live face to face conversation is more useful because the process is faster allowing for a general consensus to be reached much quicker. But an advantage the Delphi method has is that the panel is anonymous. 

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HW1

1. I summited my blogs URL to thehumanracetothefuture@gmail.com

2. May I use the my existing tumbler blog for this class?

I got a email from my advisor that got me interested in this course.  I choose option E “More than one of the above.“ B & C are my answers.

3. 

https://www.news.gatech.edu/2014/05/29/future-and-history-wearable-computing

This article is about wearable technology. I personally find the idea of being able to turn part of my glasses into a display for one of my devices AWSOME! The webpage includes a short video that displays some of the wearable technology that has been developed through out the years.  

4.

https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/dna-computing/future.htm

This article is about DNA computing. The first part of the article talks about how DNA computing could be considered the first example of true nanotechnology. The article goes on to state that with the use of DNA technology we would be able to create systems for self administering medications and a bio feedback system that would help doctors better diagnose their patients. 

The article then goes on to talk about how DNA computing could help us learn more about the storage of data. DNA computing could help computer scientist learn more about compressing and storing data. 

The article says that DNA technology will be made to complement traditional computing technology instead of replacing it. 

Computer scientist can use DNA computers to learn more about data integrity and may help us foresee and outthink future computing problems such as those caused by heat. 

5.

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/what-is-the-future-of-virtual-reality/

This article is about virtual reality and its future. The article starts out by listing some rely cool sounding applications for VR. One such major application was to enhance the field of education. I would indeed love to learn history via virtual field trips back in time. That sounds so cool. The other major application talked about in the article is its use by the entertainment industry. Video games and movies could become thousands of times more realistic and immersive with the use of VR technology. 

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My Answers to HW6case, Q3

Q3. Write up your case on your blog with the following subheadings:

“The facts of the case.” Here is where you describe the case in your own words.

“My conclusions.” Your conclusions and opinions about the case. Be sure to explain and justify what you write. 3 sentences of average length or more.

“Analysis.” Examine the case in terms of the questions and/or discussion.

“Conclusions.” 

“Future environment.” Describe your vision of a future in which technology is more advanced than today, or society has changed in some significant way.

“Future scenario.” Describe how this ethical case (or an analogous one) would or should play out in the environment of the future, and give your opinions about it.

Answer:

The facts of the case. Unlike humans, self driving cars cannot break the rules. If a traffic light is red, the self driving car assumes that no one is crossing at that time because that would be illegal. Another fact is that self driving cars have already injured people and property. Self driving cars cannot act morally they can only follow a set of rules. They are accentually purely deontological. 

Analysis. The consequentialist approach suggests in this case that self driving vehicles can act immorally because the consequences of their actions can be negative. The deontological approach seems to imply that the self driving car did nothing wrong. People were breaking the rules by crossing illegally therefore it is ok to run them over. which differs from the consequentialist approach which seems to state that as long as the consequences were positive the act was moral. In this case the consequences were negative and therefor immoral. . I feel that the consequentialist approach works best in this case because the deontological approach seems to give the odd result in that even though the rules were followed it resulted in a negative consequence. 

Conclusions: I definitely would not get into a self driving car. Or at least not until they can work out the kinks. I also do not believe that a machine can act morally. To make a machine that could act morally you would have to create an AI. And in that case can one still consider the AI a machine?

Future Environment: A future environment that I can perceive where technology is more advanced than today, is a future where all vehicles are self driving. 

Future scenario. In a world where all vehicles are self driving, passangers may be subjected to things like having someone hack into their self driving vehicle and make them crash or hold them for ransom. Evil people could use self driving vehicles to commit acts of terrorism. Therefore their would be a great need for security for your self driving vehicle. 

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My Answers to HW6case, Q2

Q2. Online students: Explain the case and discuss, one at a time, each question you devised about it, plus the 3 standard questions. Post this on your blog.

Answer: The case study is about the ethics of self driving cars. The article helps you understand the way in which a self driving car views its surroundings and how it can cause errors. For example if people are walking across the road at a stop light, the self driving car does not see them. To the self driving car the fact that the light is red means that no one is crossing. Machines have to follow a set of rules, people do not.

1.) Yes unfortunately. A quick Bing search shows that indeed people have been ran over by self driving cars. Here is a link to an article about a person from Arizona who got ran over by a self driving vehicle. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5519433/Self-driving-Uber-car-runs-kills-pedestrian-Arizona.html

2.) The original article seems to insinuate that a self driven car will try to choose what it crashes into when crashing is inevitable. I cannot find any additional information on this though. 

3.) According to https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/self-driving-cars-101 a self driving car employs multiple sensors such as lasers to view its surrounding. It then uses the data it gathers to construct an internal map. 

4.) I definitely dont think so. The level of complexity we would have to get the self driving car to would be great. The quest to create a machine that can act morally would probably result in an artificial intelligence. 

5.) According to https://mashable.com/2018/03/22/self-driving-car-fatality-uber-liability/ it depends. “Anyone from the driver to Uber to Volvo to the suppliers of individual car parts could face charges — it depends on the results of the ongoing police investigation.” You definitely cannot hold the car responsible. 

Three standard questions. 

(i)   What if you apply deontological ethics (rule-based)  to this case?

(ii)  What if you apply utilitarian ethics (similar to consequentialist ethics) to this case?

(iii) What if you apply virtue ethics (character-based) to this case?

 1.) From a deontological perspective the self driving car did nothing wrong. It was following the rules. There wasn't suppose to be anyone crossing the road at the time of the incident. From a deontological perspective it was the persons fault who got hit becasue they were breaking the traffic rules. 

2.) From a utilitarian perspective the outcome was someone got hit by a self driving car. The means were somebody was crossing the road illegally. I'm not rely sure weather the ends justify the means in this case. Someone was breaking the law but the result was too extreme for this particular infraction.. 

3.) Does a self driving car have character? I dont think so. In this case we must look at the people who designed the self driving vehicle in order to apply virtue ethics to this case. 

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My Answers to HW6case, Q1

Q1. Notes for the case related to robots for the robotics unit. This should include

A link or other citation to the case you are using, or if it is from personal experience, point that out.

A list of 8 or more important facts about the case. These could help you tell your group members or anyone or remind yourself what the case is all about.

A list of questions (4 or more) to think about or discuss about the case.

A 5th discussion question about how computer security relates to or could relate to the case.

Answer:

The source of my case is https://moral-robots.com/philosophy/thinking-about-the-mit-moral-machine-cases/

Eight important facts are:

Robots are designed by people to follow rules. And these rules can have unseen consequences. The example given under the heading The problem demonstrates this very well. 

 Robots are not human and cannot think as we do. If the light is red the robot thinks that there must not be anyone crossing at that time. But people are not robots we dont always follow the rules. 

 From a Utilitarianism perspective a robot car running over people crossing the rode at a stop light is a good deterrent for keeping others from doing the same. 

 Bad things CAN happen but they should not be the norm in a civilized society. 

 The reason they use brake failure as an example is because it puts the blame squarely on the vehicle owner. 

Utilitarian's would state that in order to determine who lives and who dies during this broken smart car scenario, you must evaluate the worth of each individual persons. In the mind of a Utilitarian a doctor is worth more that a Walmart employee. 

 Children and pets are not considered completely responsible for their actions.

 A self driving car cannot rely act morally. It can only follow a set of rules. 

Five questions to ask about the case are:

Are there any actual cases of smart cars running people over like in the scenario presented in the article?

 Do smart cars have any protocols in place to defend against these accidents. 

How does a smart car view things and people? Does it use lasers?

 Can a self driving car be programed to act morally?

Who is held responsible if a smart car kills somebody or damages property?

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My Answers for HW6proj

Directions: For your term project (see “Course Information” tab for details): if it is a paper: write 349 words (or more) of it and place in your blog. The blog entry should not contain any material already in a previous blog entry. If your project is not a paper: do the equivalent amount of work. Then describe briefly (but with specific details) what you did on your blog (for example, if you are developing a web site, you could provide a link to it. Or if you are filming a skit, you could explain who will play each part, or provide the script outline, etc., depending on how far along you are.) If you’re not sure what to do, see me or send me an email, and I will try to suggest something. Title your blog post “HW 6proj.”

Answer:

The first new news article I found regarding food shaming comes from https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jul/06/u-s-takes-action-against-lunch-shaming-/?f=news-national. According to this article the U.S. Agriculture Department back in 2017, when this article came out, saw absolutely no problem with tactics that most of us would consider shameful and immoral. Tactics such as stamping the hands of students who owed lunch money, and the replacement of a hot meal with a colder cheaper one. Luckily there are still people out there with at least a mulligan of brainpower left to spare. One such woman asks why schools don’t simply email the parents of students who owe lunch money instead of stamping the hands of students. I wonder why they don’t do this as well. Apparently, New Mexico has created legislation to end school shaming in their state. The article also points out that the Free or reduced-price meals are funded by the Agriculture Department. “A 2014 federal report found that 39 percent of districts nationwide hand out cheap alternative meals with no nutritional requirements and that up to 6 percent refuse to serve students with no money.” Seeing as how it is 2019, I rely do hope that these numbers have changed for the better. I think at this point it should seem pretty obvious that I feel very strongly on this particular topic. And that is for two very important reasons. First off, I attended public school k-12 and during that time I have witnessed, as well as been subjected to, the immoral tactics of food shaming. The second reason is that I am now an uncle with two beautiful nieces. It won’t be long until they are going to public school, and I do not want to see them hurt in any way. In fact, I was rely hoping that they would attend private school but that’s out of the question because it is too expensive for my sister. I would like now to share a short story with you. On one occasion during my time in public school, I believe it was in the second grade, It was late in the year and school was about to end. And during this time the school would not let you charge for a meal. Unfortunately for me I forgot to bring the check my mom wrote for me to refill my account. Naturally the woman at the register dumped my food in a big bin with a bunch of other untouched food from the trays of other students who could not pay. I was hurt and hungry. And then a man, who was one of the janitors, got my attention and I went over to him. The man had been taking the fruit and graham cracker packets that other students did not want and was passing them out to those of us who were hungry. I to this day remember that man. I learned something about the type of person I wanted to be on that day.

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Notes on Robotics Lecture 11/6/2019

Source:

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/robot-ethics

Questions asked in article:

Is it ok to program robots with a code of ethics?

Is forming emotional bonds with a robot a risk?

How might society—and ethics—change with robotics?

Is it ok to use robots in the military?

If a robot messes up, who is liable for the damages?

Is it ok to use robots as servants, caregivers, or sexual partners?

Should robots have rights?

Source:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/top-10-ethical-issues-in-artificial-intelligence/

The first thing this article talks about is the displacement of human workers by automatons. People are loosing their jobs because some companies are automating their services, and no longer need actual human workers. 

The article goes on to address the problem of AI technology becoming too human. At some point AI technology will become so advanced that it will be hard to tell the difference between humans and artificial intelligences. 

The article then goes on to talk about weather or not AIs pose a threat to humanity. If they can think at a higher level than us, and are physically more capable than us, how long before they make us their slaves?

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My Answers to HW5case, Q2

Q2. Online students: Explain the case and discuss, one at a time, each question you devised about it, plus the 3 standard questions. Post this on your blog.

Answer:

HIPAA is a set of guidelines for protecting the privacy and security of certain health information. In short HIPAA makes it so that your private health information is protected. 

1.) individually identifiable health information is protected by HIPAA. So things like dental records. Electronic data is also protected by HIPAA. But, the Security Rule does not apply to PHI transmitted orally or in writing. 

2.)  Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all e-PHI they create, receive, maintain or transmit;

 Identify and protect against reasonably anticipated threats to the security or integrity of the information;

 Protect against reasonably anticipated, impermissible uses or disclosures; 

and Ensure compliance by their workforce

3.) From what I understand the answer is no. There are preemptive things in place to protect against this from happening. 

4.) Yes but the article does not go into detail as to what these penalties are. 

5.) Administrative Safeguards which include:

Security Management Process.

Security Personnel.

Information Access Management.

Workforce Training and Management.

Evaluation.

Physical Safeguards

Facility Access and Control.

Workstation and Device Security

Technical Safeguards

Access Control

Audit Controls

Integrity Controls

Transmission Security.

Three Qs useful for any case discussion

(i)   What if you apply deontological ethics (rule-based)  to this case?

(ii)  What if you apply utilitarian ethics (similar to consequentialist ethics) to this case?

(iii) What if you apply virtue ethics (character-based) to this case?

1.) From a deontological ethical standpoint HIPAA is moral because it is a set of rules for one to follow. 

2.) From a utilitarian ethics standpoint HIPAA is moral because the end result is that of greater protection of ones personal medical information. 

3.) It is kind of hard to apply virtue ethics to this in my opinion. I guess the people who follow the rules of HIPAA could be considered virtuous because they are doing something beneficial for others. 

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Please discuss the video with your group, if you have one, while filling out this form. Hand in at end of class. Your name:_John Benjamin MItchell______ 1. The video was intended as life advice to whom? 2. List the advice items that you/your group can recall below. (Many, but not all, are related to ethics.) For each, note whether you agree or not.

1.) In my opinion it is kind of hard to pin down who the live advice in the video was for. By the end of the video I completely forgot that the man said he had cancer in his liver. And I do not believe that the life advice was strictly for people suffering from a fatal illness. To me his message seemed more like it was for everyone. 

2.) If nobody is telling you when you messed up you are in a bad place. Or something like that. I agree with this. If no one cares enough to tell you you’re messing up, then you are indeed in a bad way. 

Helping others to achieve their dreams. And to try and achieve your own dreams. I definitely agree with this.

Wait long enough and people will surprise and empress you. I rely liked this quote. And I agree, people can do almost anything given enough time and support. 

There is a good way to say I dont know.  Agreed, if not done properly it can result in a miscommunication / misunderstanding. 

Never loose your childlike sense of wander. I agree with this, nostalgia is pretty AWSOME. 

Loyalty is a two way street. Agreed, always be loyal to those who are loyal to you. 

Syl says that when it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, ignore what they say and instead watch what they do. I agree with this one. Actions speak louder than words as the saying goes. 

Admit when you are wrong. Agreed, lying to others is wrong, and lying to yourself is just dumb. There is nothing wrong with being wrong. I dont remember the name of the scientist but he said something like: Each failure gets me closer to success. 

Dont complain just work harder. be good at something because it makes you valuable. I agree that Hard work pays off. 

Everyone has a good side you just have to wait until it comes out. This one I actually disagree with. Its sad, but there are people out there with no good in them.