Living In A Artifact Society

Living in a Compact Society
Have you ever thought about losing one of your loved ones at a sudden moment? What about not having the computer technology and its investments? How would we live? During the years of 1970 to present, Americans experienced hardships but then major investments. For example, Americans had to see loved ones or friends die in the 9/11 tragedy. Watching the twin towers collapse and go up in flames. In addition, the explosion of a space shuttle,the Challenger happened. Seven crew members died in the explosion, including Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space. Other than 9/11 and the Challenger, there has been major advancements in technology and living areas. Such as: cell phones, computers,

He builds houses that are smaller that a normal family house. In fact, he built a 89 square foot house for him and his wife.(Chea 1). This company started around 1997 when he started learning the art of building and living in tiny spaces. Shafer has spoken about this subject in many places including the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, where he taught for ten years.(Ryan 1). Shafer had his first thought of tiny living when his parents were building a new house. His room took forever to build and he decided to live in the family truck. He slept in the truck bed and that was all he needed.Then he had a trip to Tokyo and realised it costed more than Two hundred fifty dollars for a nice room.(Chea 1). Instead, He stayed in a very small space that had a bathroom that measured four feet by four feet. It fascinated him so much that all he wanted to do was study how they could fit all these things in just a small space. In fact, when he got back from his trip and saw his parents new house he hated it. He said it was too big and wasted energy, because he remembered cleaning the house when he was a kid. In one of his art classes he learned that composition in art is always about what is necessary, and eliminating everything else. If it’s not contributing to the composition, it’s weakening it. As a result, this is when he finally decided that he needed to go

The Y2K bug was a compact problem in the coding of computers. It all started in December 1999. Many computer programs were designed to abbreviate four digit years as two digits in order to save memory on the computer.(“Y2K Bug” 1.1). Mainframe computers, including the ones to run insurance companies and banks, were thought to be the subject of the Y2K bug. Most devices that had computer chips in them like, elevators to temperature-control systems to medical equipment. This type of equipment was believed to be at risk. The British government announced that its armed forces would be prepared in time and would provide assistance to local police if utilities, transportation systems,or emergency services failed.(“Y2K Bug” 1.1). An estimated $300 billion was spent to upgrade computers and application programs. Due to the lack of results, many people dismissed the Y2K bug as an end-of-the-world