Informal writing #2

     "The Matrix" was a very popular and famous science fiction movie from 1999. I have seen "The Matrix" berfore when i was a child who was studying at elementary school. On my fuzzy memories, I was not fully understand about the movie. I just remembered someone can jump very high and very quick reaction. If someone ask me about "The Matrix", I will tell him/her i only focused on the action of the plot like kung fu. I do not know what is the movie's plot in detail. I only knew about some of protagonists have had super powers.
     But last Thursday in HUMI class. I had a chance to watch "The Matrix" again. It was refreshing my memories of the movie. I was concentrated to watch it by detail. The protagonist who's name call Neo was a computer hacker has been living in a normal life, until he touched with mysterious person Morpheus.  Morpheus took him to the "real world": AD 2199, advanced artificial intelligence from the whole world ruled by machines. Machine to create a simulated environment - The Matrix (the mother) used to control human beings, and humans absorb energy from. Morpheus with his life time to find the "savior"(The One) to destroy the Matrix and lead humanity to overthrow the rule of the machine and rebuild the Earth. He believes that Neo is the savior.
      How could Neo go to the "real World"? Morpheus gave him two pills, one is blue, other one is red. And Mprpheus told Neo " You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes."
    I stop and think about that a while. I think I would choose to take the red pill. Because of I knew that was not a "real world" I have been living. It was not because of my curiosity. Even thought I can have my normal life and still study in college in "fake world", I do not want to manipulation by others. Living in an imaginary world is totally meaningless. I am living because i have had the feeling of presence. Even 2199 is an unknown to me, even terror and unimaginable. We must face to it. In my position, mainly because I did not want to live in the fictional world. However, the "fake world" is very beautiful place and graceful environment to living it. If you know you are living in a "fake world". Would you still choose to live in there? Human life is very short, if you are lucky, maybe able to survive for several decades. If 10, 20, 30 years later, the "fake world" disillusioned. Will you regret you did not choose to enter the "real world"?
    I don't know is that a right choice to take a red pill. I don't know whether it is difficult to imagine the "real world". But I am sure I will not regret my choice. I would like to true to feel my exist, even if only a day.

The IAT

     Implicit Association Test proposed some of the questions and exercises for us insight into their own. I have done two of IAT which is Age test and Weight test.
I have completed the Young - Old IAT at first. My result is:  
     "Your data suggest a strong automatic preference for Young compared to Old."
     First it starts with pressing “e” for young people and good words; “i” for old people and bad words. Test consists of several conducted. In the first of the part, pressing "e" for young people; pressing "i" for old people. It was easy job, right? Second, pressing "e" for good words; pressing "i" for bad words. It still an easy one. And then, the third part was switching "e" for old people; "i" for young people. Based on our tests first and second part, we are affected, it is easy to choose the wrong answer. therefore, My test result was stronger preference for young. 
      My second test is Weight. My result is:
     "Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for Thin People compared to Fat People."
     The weight test is samily to the age test what I had to done before. Pressing "e" for  thin people and good words; pressing "i" for fate people and bad words. Even thought I have had the experience of the test, I still press a wrong answer of the test. After the last test,I do better than last time. So that's why my result is a slight automatic preference for thin people.
    According to this two test. My conclusion is the result of my first time to took the test is more genuine and accurate then second test. Because all of the people absorbed the experience of the first time. For this two of IAT test. My personally think that was high accuracy for people testing their implicit association. With my own opinion, I preference young people compared to old. In my deep of heart, I think so. This test was explore my inner feelings. Althought I knew the methods of the test, I still totally agree with my result. I do not discriminate against fat people. That's my implicit's feelings. After this IAT test, I know more and more my self.

Informal Writing

     In the first, before I saw the video of examined life, I did not have any ideas and also the knowledge about philosophy. But after I saw the "examined life" by Astra taylor, I got different experience of my live. I got a question of worthy of reflection.
     According to the video, Peter Singer is walking on the 5th Avenue where has many all of the expensive brand's stores located in New York. And he walked in front of the shoes store. About threeteen years ago, he wrote an article called "Famine, Affluence, and Morality.” He talked about a ethics of a child drowning in a shallow pond and an experience shoes. And you could save his life or buy an experience shoes. Most of peoples will say that was easy to choose, must choose to save a child life and sacrifice their shoes. Unfortunately, Peter Singer said he agree with that, but he still said why don't donate a pair shoes which you can give money to association that help children in the third world. It was an ethics concept. Basically, we just donate the money what you want to spend on your shoes. In fact, it is easy to give up to buy a pair of shoes. But, Do everyone donate the money what you want to spend on shoes? Even thought we just donate shoes' money, it is enough to association many of children in the third world.
     If you can spend too much money on the top of brand's shoes, that's mean you have enough money on your life. If so, for you, the expensive of brand's shoes will not affect your normal life. Therefore, we should consider ethics of life. Why do we spend money on unnecessary? That's my appreciate from experience of examined of life by Astra taylor.

Coke bottle in Bookstore

Someone wearing Converse tennis shoes

Two Honda civics of the same color, parked side by side in the parking lot

Someone who knows a popular dance move and who can teach that dance move to group members

Bus stop 

Euphrat Museum of Art

A student sleeping in the library

Someone who has seen Tron in 3D

 a duck

 A copy of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time

 Jamba juice cup

De Anza President Brian Murphy

 

The Creative Minds class blog

    1.)  I was surprise to do the Scavenger Hunt, it was so exciting to find and take some of pictures outside the class with classmate. First of all, we chose some of the pictures can easier to pick up. When the Scavenger Hunt game started, we ran to our destinations and took the picture quickly. And also we thought that's not only game, it's testing our unity.

    2.)  If I have the chance to do the Scavenger Hunt again, I would like to work with other people in a group. It can be easier to know differents people and they're opinions. After Scavenger Hunt's experience, i knew how to be a good hunter. Because we tried to defeat. In the first 15 minutes, we had only to find 5 items.  Although we could find 13 items at last, we still think that we should improve next time.We learned more about how to hunt.

    3.) Our group’s strategy was choosing the fastest way to find items and planning the fastest schema. After we found some of pictures, we were discussing how to find a duck in the pool and President Brian Murphy. We did not have enough time to finish it. So we changed our strategy and ran to the libruay. We were using the computer to search some of pictures which was not easy to find.

    4.) I think our first problem is we are shy to face to face each other. We did not know each other, but we need to work together. We knew we need to work together to find out the target on the list. this has enhanced our communication skills.

   5.) Our solution was, tried to talk to other teammates. Our big problem was communication with others. We did not talk about our recommend. So at the first 15 minutes, we did hunt really slowly. We were beginning to understand the problem. Therefore, we tried to talk with others. And we got some of each other's idea. We were finished it really quickly.

  6.) In Scavenger Hunt, we needs to show our ability. We put together the views of recommend. Then, we created some new ideas and got a point. It was hard to do when someone keep silent. So we did not have dissent. We knew team work is a power. When we worked together, i society's ability.