Blog 4: Summary of “The Allegory of the Cave.”

In Plato’s passage, The Allegory of the Cave, Socrates discusses to a fellow prisoner, Glaucon, on how the human race has evolved through consciousness. A group of prisoners are bound and chained since childhood, and forced to face a wall. The fire behind them reflects images of all different objects. What will happen when these prisoners are freed, they will stand up, and go towards the light. They will feel physical pain until their eyes adjust, but once their eyes adjust the images that they see, are not what they are use too. Once the prisoner is acclimated to his new world, he feels the need to help and free his fellow prisoners. To show them the light as well, the prisoner goes back and learns that without a wanting or a need to be aware there is no helping them. The prisoner now knows of the outside world, and he refuses to go back to that same lifestyle. Prisoners have their conditioned lives and they will kill anyone that tries to take them out of the darkness. Socrates says to Glaucon on the story that he just told; the prison symbolizes our world now that we live in, and what we see, the light and fire symbolizes the way out of the darkness. This expression through symbolism is Socrates opinion on awareness and consciousness and he feels right or wrong that’s the way he sees things.

Blog # 3 Revised Diagnostic

Silent moments are a thing of the past for author Kalle lasn. The article "Hype" throws light upon a new epidemic of advertisement. The unconscious and conscious minds of humanity are being corrupted with a logo or a product message. The advertising business is soaring at a high pace and aggressively.  Companies are utilizing all aspects of everyday life to push their products. The typical places are not where we are going to see them anymore. They are in classrooms, on gas nozzles and shopping carts, those are some of the new areas that are targeted now. With all the new technology to promote new products the possibilities are endless for advertising companies.  The author is left with is an annoying hotdog song repeating itself instead of the classical Beethoven's ninth symphony.

I concur with the writer on this topic. While the writer has scrutinized the issue on how today’s society is blinded by advertisements, there is a deeper dilemma here. Corporate America has pushed their way through the ranks of an excess need of promoting products. Billions, millions and many more messages are displayed throughout America. This is fast growing business and there is no ceasing anytime soon. I feel that the society is to blame for this because everyone wants new products yesterday.  Just like apple products, buy an I PAD today and two weeks later a newer version comes out.

How far will companies go to promote their products? Companies obviously have no limits on where and what they will use to endorse their products. The unspoiled views of nature and its beauty have been tainted as well. You can no longer just sit in your car and take a ride without seeing billboards poking out of wheat fields. I didn’t need to drive far, I was driving to the tunnel and I was distracted by all the boards and their messages, which was a little freighting. I could have got into an accident and it would have been my fault. Not the companies that post those ridiculous ads.

I have noticed children now have become more materialistic. Also more children are being diagnosed with AHAD more now than ever before.  Is it because we’re able to diagnose it better or is it the environment we are living now. Today’s society is fast paced and companies are also looking for next big thing. Even in classrooms where it is suppose be a safe haven, they are being exposed to the marketing race. Corporate America knows how to hit below the belt; their research has shown children are easy targets. I watch my nephews and nieces glued to the T.V. and when there is new toy or game shown, they get all excited and the only words that come out of their mouth are “I want that”. It doesn’t matter if they just had a birthday and no matter how many gifts they got, there’s always something new.

I personally see the change in society and the compulsion of having everything and more. We need to find a balance between what’s too much and what is realistic. I do think that the companies should have a cap or a limit to their scope of advertising, but as well it should start at home with the family.

Blog 2: Summary of "Hype"

Silent moments are a thing of the past for author Kalle lasn. The article "Hype" throws light upon a new epidemic of advertistment. Advertising is soaring at a high pace, Companies are utilizing all aspects of everyday life to push their products. The typical places are not where we are going to see them anymore.They are in classrooms, gas nozzles and shopping carts are some of the new areas that are targeted now. All the author is left with is a annoying hotdog song repeating itself instead of the classical Beethoven's ninth symphony.

Blog 1 : Diagnostic

Silent moments are of the past! This passage is excerpted from the “Hype”. Author Kalle lasn observes the changing of todays culture thru advertisements. This is how the world and our children becoming materlistic and how their apperication for nature are diminishing, but who’s to blame?

Kalle Lasn has observed in today’s society everything is covered in advertisements. Natural beauty has been disturbed as well. Billboards sticking out of wheat fields like sore thumbs. Three thousand marketing messages per day !!!!! Estimated 12 billion displays ads,3 million radio commercials and more than 200,000 TV commercials have steadily and without relent invaded our everyday life. Kalle Lasn has pointed out how our minds are being bombarded with these riduclous need to promote products and sell.

I absolutely agree with the writer on the article. Even our childerns classrooms are being used by these companies. Pepsi and Snickers ads are shown to intise them to buy these products. Not just to buy some but more of every product. Its hard enough to get the kids away from T.V. and their video games, now we have to deal with it on everything and everywhere a child lays their eyes??

I think a limit should be put on the companies advertisement scope. It’s all up to the society though, to put a stop on the rat race between these companies. A childs mind from twenty years ago compared to a childs mind of today has drasically changed for the worse. I myself of the older generation enjoy the unspoiled views of nature and its beauty without all the hoopaloo.