Month: March 2021
Artificial changing Political Sphere
Specifically the Artificial Intelligence ; the fear of automation leading to a multitude of job losses, or job obsolescence, seems to be a looming reality. Increasing technology in politics will just lead to further corrupt practices and help to consolidate power for those who can afford to wage the most sophisticated hacking campaigns. Just look
Online Speeches
Net neutrality is the idea that all traffic on the Internet should be handled in the same way and no control over speeds should be exercised by Internet Service Providers in order to prioritise services to higher paying customers, in the name of fairness and open access. While abandoning Net neutrality may make ISP’s more
Mining of Astroids
The elements t44 of the 118 that make up the periodic table elements are used in technology and some are vital for life and are considered endangered and will be in limited supply in coming years . It would cost many billions or trillions of any world currency to build a device to journey to
Language Translation Using Technology
accurate computer aided translation remains elusive and translation is still a mostly human endeavour. This has led some scholars to question the possibility of achieving a fully automated high quality machine translation of any kind. ‘Deep learning’ refers to a range of machine learning algorithms and methods that allows multilayered, nonlinear processing to occur in
Social Media Manipulation Via Bots
Internet bots are thought to have major influences in the information age. Bots are applications that run automated scripts on the Internet. Bots can quickly carry out tasks that would be too simple and repetitive for a human user and have seen increased use in recent years in manipulating social media narratives and trying to
Declining Birthrate in Developed Countries
This decline in social welfare funding is severely aggravated by a declining birthrate, and an ageing population with one of the world’s highest life expectancy rates. The strain this puts on society is threefold, placing a bigger burden on an already stretched health-care system, causing a shrinking work force and an overall drop in productivity.
global decline in sperm count
The global decline is human sperm quality has been known about for decades but the latest studies are beginning to show that the picture may actually be much worse than previously thought, with current projections for average sperm counts set to decline to near zero by 2045 and there is a warning of a global
Aviation Industry Effects on Climate
Jet fuel is one of the heaviest fossil fuels in use, releasing carbon dioxide, water vapor, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, Sulphur oxides, lead, and black carbon high in the atmosphere when burned by aircraft engines. While contributing substantially to climate change, these engines also emit heat and noise, and the aviation industry at large
gender neutral Pronouns
Arguments of inclusivity and inequality often get countered with claims against compelled speech or arguments for the protection of freedom of speech. New gender neutral and more gender sensitive terminology is naturally becoming part of the English language for example For example the word “cisgender”, meaning a person has a gender identity that corresponds to
Feminism “Movement”
There is currently a growing level of pushback against the effort to seek greater equality between the sexes following a seemingly omnipresent trend to push feminist tropes in the media across all sectors. The recent rise in feminist attitudes is due to the occupation of places of influence such as universities by post-modernist thinkers. Such