diumenge, 2 de maig del 2010
Is access to the internet a fundamental human right?
I just read an article that caught my attention: BBC has made a survey of more than 27 000 adults in 26 countries. The survey asked about the Internet, and what surprised me was the result: Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right.
What I think is that it's clear that people who have internet access are better informed, and it's an essential tool to access any type of knowledge. I think the internet is not a right, is a privilege. But consider it a right is ridiculous.
I would have thought things like food, water and shelter would be more important.
So what's next, is a TV a human right? A mobile phone, a Play Station 3?.
dijous, 29 d’abril del 2010
dimarts, 27 d’abril del 2010
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
But the argument is not the most important thing, is the sensation it produces. The film is not for children. It's for all adults who have abandoned their childhood, and they remember when they were like Max. For almost two hours, you get back to feeling like a child. Up until the end, when you get back to reality.
I think it's a film that awakens the child we have inside us and all we miss from that sweet years.
Do aliens really exist?
In a series for the Discovery Channel, Professor Hawking said
it was perfectly rational to believe that intelligent life exists elsewhere. He said "The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like."
Personally, I think this is a very difficult and somewhat chilling topic. The idea of extraterrestrial life scares me a lot.On the one hand, it's easy to think that the Earth is not the only planet that has intelligent life. The question is whether there are: tens, millions or billions of aliens, or if they are much more intelligent, and therefore, they could dominate us. Anyway, I think its a bad idea trying to contact other forms of life. We've been trying to kill our own species for thousands of years. What if they decide to do the same with us?
Personally, I think this is a very difficult and somewhat chilling topic. The idea of extraterrestrial life scares me a lot.On the one hand, it's easy to think that the Earth is not the only planet that has intelligent life. The question is whether there are: tens, millions or billions of aliens, or if they are much more intelligent, and therefore, they could dominate us. Anyway, I think its a bad idea trying to contact other forms of life. We've been trying to kill our own species for thousands of years. What if they decide to do the same with us?
divendres, 12 de març del 2010
SHUTTER ISLAND
I have recently seen a very interesting film: Shutter Island. To summarize a bit the argument, is about two bailiffs who are sent to Shutter Island, an island in Boston Harbor where there's a psychiatric institution. They are sent to investigate the disappearance of a dangerous killer. The mental institution is run by a sinister character. In this institution there are the most dangerous mental patients, so there's a strong securely. However, they'll realize that everything is very mysterious, and that patients aren't the most dangerous of the island. I think the film delves into human psychology, into the mind, with all its complexities. Actually, the movie is a nightmare in which there are continuous discoveries, it seems increasingly difficult to escape.
Personally, I think the end has several interpretations (don't read this if you want to see it), I think the phrase "Is it better to live like a monster, or die as a good man?" is the key that confirms that he knows he will be lobotomized, and therefore he pretends he has not improved their disease on purpose.
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