In engineering class we read an article called Singularity. It was about how in the future, how advanced life is going to be. The most disturbing prediction was how there is going to be less jobs and some new ones. It said 60-70% of jobs are going to disappear. I can't believe so many jobs will go away because there will be new technology. I was happy at the fact, less cars will be used because there will be uber and other car companies; there will be less pollution.
Thursday, we had a lot of job interviews going on every 5 minutes. I think that the job fair/interview process was authentic because we learned there is competition and how everything is fast paced. And to know not everyone is going to hired us, we got turned down most of the time. Even some people got hired for being friends or having personal connections; this happens in the real world. I think it could have been improved by having an application process or longer interviews. I learned that I am good at interviews and negotiating. I have also learned that you have to wiggle your way through and sometimes sabotage other competitors; in the real world you have to play the game. In humanities we learned about how advertising manipulates the consumer to buy it's products. Advertising uses weasel words to say something that we interpret in a different way. Products that say words like, "Help". These words sound like the product does something without them actually doing anything. It's the way the consumer interprets the message. I think there should be stricter regulations on ads directed towards children. They are too young to uncover the lies of ads. There should be regulations against weasel words and some children ads.
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This past week we focused on gathering our guild. What is a guild? All specialists must belong to a guild representing their skill before they can be hired. Guilds protect the reputation of their professions and defend the rights of their members. We had a choice in which guild we wanted to create, such as: -3D modelers -VR Videography -VR Video Editors -Programmers -Screen Writers -Actors -Set Designers The guild I joined was the actors guild. Just like in a real workplace, we must have a plan B and even sometimes a plan C. So other guilds I have expressed interest in is the Videography and Screen Writers guild; because we all are primarily involved with film. We are getting "paid" for our job based on our performance, So we calculated an average in which actors get paid. We also created requirements that need to be met by those who want to join. We haven't faced any real challenges this week. However, a celebration of ours was gathering our group and talking about experience and skills. It was helpful to get to know everyone. In English this week, we read quite a bit about propaganda and double-speak. This impacted my thinking about virtual reality. When we are in a VR world we are not in a real world with real problems and celebrations. It's a replica of the real thing; but not perfect. By learning how political leaders use propaganda and double-speak to manipulate us to agree with them seems very similar to VR. Propaganda and VR can both be a version of what's real or the truth. These articles opened my eyes to how much we leave unnoticed. A question that I had after reading is; How many votes or support have these people earned using propaganda? |
Cecilia Carranza-DavisAs we progress through this project, I will be posting blogs to update you about issues, ideas, challenges, celebrations, skills learned, etc for both engineering and English every Friday. Archives
November 2016
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