Three observations
Today, well for the past two days, the following things have occupied my mind.
Firstly, I have been following the saga between the States and the United Arab Emirates, where a company from latter is interested in buying strategic ports in the USA. The main reason why I find it interesting is twofold: firstly, because I visited UAE less than a year ago (it left me a very good impression of the overall culture) and secondly, I believe that we can see some sort of a clash of civilisations in this case. How much is US willing to trust one of its best allies in the Arabic world?
Secondly, I’ve been worried about the fact that viruses have intruded the Mac world. Is it the case that I really have to buy virus protection software for my laptop? Hope it really isn't so. Anyway, if anyone knows any good virus protection freeware, please let me know.
Thirdly, as I just finished reading one of my course mates winter term essay. I can conclude that there are mainly four arguments favourable to and against women participation in science: economic growth, equal opportunity, biological dissimilarities and particular (dis)ability to do science differently. Overall the arguments posed left me with no real discoveries. The only part that I find interesting, but unfortunately was only briefly touched upon, was the equal opportunity of man vs women. What I find interesting is the fact that "Understanding and making science provides scientists with a certain power over the rest of the population. Since men have dominated the fields of science and technology during the last 2000 years (at least since the earlier time of Aristotle), they have benefited from a significant amount of power over women." So can we see/say that artefacts DO have politics as L.Winner argued in his 1985 classic? Well, that’s another essay topic worth of material to discover…
Firstly, I have been following the saga between the States and the United Arab Emirates, where a company from latter is interested in buying strategic ports in the USA. The main reason why I find it interesting is twofold: firstly, because I visited UAE less than a year ago (it left me a very good impression of the overall culture) and secondly, I believe that we can see some sort of a clash of civilisations in this case. How much is US willing to trust one of its best allies in the Arabic world?
Secondly, I’ve been worried about the fact that viruses have intruded the Mac world. Is it the case that I really have to buy virus protection software for my laptop? Hope it really isn't so. Anyway, if anyone knows any good virus protection freeware, please let me know.
Thirdly, as I just finished reading one of my course mates winter term essay. I can conclude that there are mainly four arguments favourable to and against women participation in science: economic growth, equal opportunity, biological dissimilarities and particular (dis)ability to do science differently. Overall the arguments posed left me with no real discoveries. The only part that I find interesting, but unfortunately was only briefly touched upon, was the equal opportunity of man vs women. What I find interesting is the fact that "Understanding and making science provides scientists with a certain power over the rest of the population. Since men have dominated the fields of science and technology during the last 2000 years (at least since the earlier time of Aristotle), they have benefited from a significant amount of power over women." So can we see/say that artefacts DO have politics as L.Winner argued in his 1985 classic? Well, that’s another essay topic worth of material to discover…
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