#3 Human Dystopia

The first part of the video that popped out at me was the fact that there was nobody who looked as if they were in the greatest shape. In fact they all looked the complete same floating in their hover chairs, unable to stand up, unable to think for themselves, unable to do anything with out help of a mechanical/technical device.

Being told what and how the newest and greatest way to eat is. To lazy to throw our trash away, to lazy to walk, to lazy pick out what we wear. Is this possibly where we are headed and it probably is not to far away and it is scary to think that that fantasy/nightmare could be a reality in a way.

Another part that stands out to me was the liquid food drink. It scares me to think that in a few gulps we could have everything to from a dinner plate and into a smoothie. I enjoy eating every part of my meal, I defiantly go against any sort of idea like this! 

There are a few devices that are slowly advancing our everyday lives into this scene of the movie in my opinion. We all have used them, escalators, think about shoppers at the mall and how many times they will go up and down escalators, now think if they were stairs. The amount of calories burned over just standing there is phenomenal.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/307962-calories-burned-taking-the-stairs/

This is an article from the livestrong website discussing the advantages of taking stairs opposed to escalators or elevators. I am not saying they should be removed just that our decision making skills of when to and when not to take them are becoming poor.

Technology has now advanced to the point that we have standing moving sidewalks. I have yet to ride one or seen one, yet I know the facts of walking compared to standing will be significantly different.

Salaries of Our Heroes

Our heroes put their lives on the line everyday for us maintain our freedom, our safety, and our health. I am of course talking about the soldiers, policeman, and firefighters across our great country. We all cherish them and look up to them with the up most respect,  However in my eyes we disrespect them with the salaries that give them.

Soldiers starting salary is set at a measly $18,194. So they try to raise and support a family while they are in another hostile country being shot at or worse. They deal with terrible living situations, away from their families for several months to a few years at a time, and we stick them with that pay.

Police men and women are another career that puts their life on the line everyday to protect the safety of the public. The starting salary for a police officer is generally around $29,000 it's better but not by a whole lot. There were 119 line of duty officers killed last year in the U.S. which is about 119 to many. 46 of those were killed via gunfire.

Firefighters across the country face some of the most intense environments of any occupation out there. They protect our property and they keep us safe. The general starting salary for an occupation that put our immediate lives in the hands of is between $30,000-$40,000. We trust them to perform their dangerous job everyday perfectly and will ridicule them if a mistake is made.

Do you know how much money Alex Rodriguez brought in last year? It will truly knock you out of your chair. $29,000,000.00 was they salary in 2012 for Alex Rodriguez despite him being injured for a good portion of the year. That comes down to $237,704 per game.

Tom Cruise, one of Americas favorite actors brought in a total of around $75,000,000 according to Forbes.

These are just two examples of people who are the "best" at what they do but are they truly worth the pay.

Where did we go wrong that somebody who consistently faces death at their occupation makes a few thousand dollars more than somebody working full time for minimum wage, but where a guy who swings a wooden stick at a yarn ball makes more money in a year than most of us can even imagine.

I love baseball and any sport for that matter more than most yet I find there to be a problem with the wages that we offer some occupations over others.


 

#2 A Challenge to All

It is great that technology is advancing, as it should, but maybe it advancing to fast. Doing only one thing at a time isint always a bad thing as it allows us to sometimes build stronger relationships or just enjoy life as we were meant to.

Ted talks are a great way to learn about a variety of subjects and I watch them all time for fun and knowledge about how we are evolving. I found this video and it interested me greatly and influenced me to try it. It is not as easy as you may think. In stead of always being go, go, go, try taking a step back from the fast paced world we all live in and just listen.

I choose this video for a few different reasons. It will first act as a challenge to all of you who read this, second its semi funny, and third it is a great example to show how technology effects us as a population and the relationships we try to develop with others.

I challenge you all to try to just monotasking for just a few minutes or hours. See if you can be successful.