Thursday, May 27, 2010

Today, we discussed more from Chapter 12 (postmodernism, extremism). As part of this, we got into a pretty heated discussion on our level of happiness today compared to the past. While we have more and are a consumerist society, our happiness levels have not improved. Further, we discussed what we do with products (such as computers) when we are finished with them. Many argued that we recycle so our impact on the world is minimal. I countered this byshowing video of a polluted river in Asia and tehn we started watching "The Story of Stuff" which explains how we extract, use and dispose of products as well as the impact we have. I am moving your exams to Monday (essay) and Tuesday in order to provide you with more study time. For tomorrow, I need you to have finished reading Chapter 12 and have made chapter notes (which will be recorded).