A society depends on the differences of its citizens to succeed. Many people argue that when everyone does things in the exact same manner, a society becomes an utopian-ideal. Unfortunately, an utopian world does not exist, since people are not computer-generated robots. Some people sometimes accomplish things more efficiently and faster when they are focused or not in a crowded place, or they may focus better while listening to music or being around familiar things. For example, a colleague of James Watson, a great scientist who accomplished many remarkable things, was always “lounging around, arguing about problems instead of doing experiments.” Although this scientist attacked things differently, he was able to solve “the greatest of all biological problems: the discovery of the structure of DNA.” James Watson did not sit at a desk and crack his mind; he was just loose and not thinking about …show more content…
Other scientists of his time thought that his idea would never be useful, and thought that he was being silly. Although Robert Goddard faced this harsh criticism, he believed in himself, and began launching rockets. From Clark University, he gained recognition, and he opened the doors to a field of science called rocket science. His brilliant discoveries is what formed NASA, and is now considered to be the father of modern rocketry. Another example similar to this one is the Beatles. This band had been told from recording companies that their style of music was not good and they needed to change it. Of course, the band didn’t change their style, and instead, just left the company. They continued playing and singing in their own ways, and invented rock and roll. They continued playing in their own style, and won 11 Grammys. They have influenced the music world, and made an achievement they could have done if they had changed their music
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“No choices will always be right. There are ways however, to make our choices better.” (63), The chase to increase one’s performance and eventually achieve perfection has created numerous opportunities. Whether new innovations to increase productivity or faster machines to speed reactions times, new opportunities for humans to improve their performance occur every day. Still at the most basic level, where all technology is stripped, humans are naturally built to find the path of least resistance to finish their goal, very rarely will they properly finish every step in a goal regardless of innovations granting more time for decisions.“We always hope for the easy fix: the one simple change that will erase a problem in a stroke.” (21), corners will likely be cut, and steps will inevitably be skipped. Even doctors who have lives depending on them will make mistakes. For example hospitals ar...
Change is inevitable and many times the smallest decisions can change your life forever. From how we mobilize to what we listen to. Henry Ford and Michael Jackson both revolutionized our era to create what we have today. Henry Ford did not invent a car, but he made it a utility everyone could and wanted to use, eventually leading to the modernized world we live in today, As well as Henry Ford, Michael Jackson changed our world. He is known worldwide as the king of pop and also known for the impact he had in the music industry. Although Michael Jackson mainly impacted our music he also changed out music videos, dance, fashion and the music industry itself. Even though both these men had tremendous success in their lives, both also faced
Achievements made by a society can change its path forever. Neil did this for the United States. He was the first space pioneer. He was the first man to ever touch the moon, let alone get close to it. He inspired future space travel, proving that it is possible to travel through space and land on a different mass in space.
Society is diverse, whether it is because of race, gender, socioeconomic, or culture, I have learnt that it is important to respect a person for who they are. Because America is a country that is culturally diverse, I will need to do some research on a patient that has a different culture from me. As I stated in the first paragraph, there will always be a way for human beings to diversify themselves into groups in which share similar interests. Diversity starts in the school, kids, tend to hang with people of similar characteristics, whether it is that the kids play the same sport or share the same religion. These differences in our society is what makes human beings in general interesting. Even If a group of people and similar a society will tend to look for the slightest difference, and categorize people, whether it is culture, religion, gender, socioeconomic, and
Where would music be had it not been for the men that stepped before him. The Mozarts and Beethovens, who wrote the music that today is known as the classics. These men were naturals in their own right, but these people wrote their music in the 17th and 18th century. Many people don't realize all of the changes that music had to go through between that period of music and the present day. One such musician stands alone at the top as one of the movers and innovators of the 20th century. He is Duke Ellington. Along with his band, he alone influenced millions of people both around the world and at home. He gave American music its own sound for the first time. Winton Marsalis said it best when he said "His music sounds like America." These days you can find his name on over 1500 CS's. Duke's legacy will live on for generations to come.
Another important individual who drove history was the Italian astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei. Galileo discovered something so important that it changed the selfish perspective that humans were the center of the universe and led to the growth of human knowledge. Utilizing mathematics and a telescope he had developed, Galileo observed that the planets revolved around the sun and not the Earth. This was a significant discovery because not only did it contradict what the church had taught, it also showed that the universe was not what it seemed. With this truth uncovered, many people began to fascinate over the universe. This triggered people to begin studying space extensively and eventually lead to present day space exploration. Galileo also left a lasting impression upon many great minds, such as Sir Isaac Newton, who used Galileo's research and theories to further his own studies such as the physical laws, and their properties.
The things that make one different are the things that cause the world to change and lead to conformity. Uniqueness is a characteristic that is in everyone; no one person is the same. In this way, Equality 7-2521 from Anthem, a novel written by Ayn Rand, conforms to society on his outward actions to keep him safe, but on this inside, his drive for individuality and not being “normal” allows him to discover a tunnel in which he discovers multiple things like electricity. In a similar aspect, I seek to with my mind, as if a moving vehicle, swerve sharply to the opposite direction to avoid indifference and achieve my maximum potential.
Today, we live on earth holding approximately seven million people. Taking a closer look at the number of people we begin to take notice that not one person is identical to the other. What is it that makes us, as individuals, different from the rest of society? “We come into this little world with our own little nature, our own pattern of behavior, and our own natural reaction to people” (Littauer and Sweet 18). Not only do our features on the outside tell us apart from one another but our personalities also set us aside from others. Personality defends us as our own person. Personality is an individual’s process of thinking, feeling, and taking action toward something. Research helps to define the discovering, structuring, and the understanding
...onflict. The minimization of groupthink makes people to be extra willing to make and articulate new ideas that help the team grow. Indeed, people living in an individualistic culture display more creativity compared to those from a collectivist culture. It enables them to concentrate on their strong points without getting afraid that they will be punished because of deviating from the set standards. It is this conflict of thoughts that creates competition that improves business as well as develops an efficient society. The author explains this using this quotation, “Know what you want in life and go after it. I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities” (Rand). What she means here is that an individual can attain anything if he or she maximizes his or her potential.
In Brave New World’s society, everyone has a place to be. There are no people out of work, there are no homeless people, no one struggles financially and they haven’t a family nor a singular person that they have feelings for to worry about. They are all specially skilled to fit a specific job therefore they are always needed, and people cannot survive without each other. ‘Everyone works for everyone else. We can’t do without anyone.’ (p. 67) As the director pointed out, everyone is specially made for a particular job: “Ninety-six identical twins working ninety-six identical machines . . . You really know where you are. For the first time in history.” (p. 18)
Obviously, people differ in numerous ways, so what does that mean for businesses? Well, when work groups are comprised of people with different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles, promoting teamwork and smooth interactions can be challenging. Finding new ways to work together will require thinking about people’s differences, not to divide, separate or exclude, but to take advantage of those differences. When people engage in divergent thinking, they put themselves in a highly exploratory mode, drawing from more of their total life experience to help solve a particularly difficult problem or to discover new and better alternatives to doing things.
John Broadus Watson was a famous American psychologist who lived between 1878 and 1958. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina to Pickens and Emma Watson and was the fourth of six children. The family was not well off financially and John did not have an easy childhood. In spite of the poverty that engulfed the family, John’s father turned into an alcoholic who cared less for his family. However, Emma, John’s mother was a devoted religious woman who struggled to take care of her children with less support from her husband. In 1891, John’s father left the family and disappeared after engaging in extra marital affairs with other women. The infidelity strained his marriage with Emma and the relationship with his children. After the disappearance of his father, John became unruly and confused due to the lack of full parental care of both parents. He became defiant at school and did not want to listen to advice from his teachers. He bullied fellow students and was involved in other antisocial behaviors which were quite unacceptable in the school environment, further more he became violent and even rebelled against his mother (Buckley, 1989).
Nikola tesla was a brilliant scientist and researcher, eager to discover new things. He was unwilling to accept that something could not be done, and his career was filled with examples of his discoveries that did just that.
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefor, all progress depends on the unreasonable man” (George Bernard Shaw)