Globalization, Then

Globalization is a very common issue that people discussed. As I recall, when people asked me about globalization. The country which comes to my mind is USA. Yes, There are many various races in this big place. As you can see, when you walk down the New York city you may see lots of people who are different colors. You could see many Asians and Mexicans. Of course this is just the one side of globalization. The word of globalization could imply many different things such as foods and goods.


Q1: What's the advantage and disadvantage of globalization?

Q2: Do you think racial discrimination is caused by globalization?

Turning the Page: The future of reading is backlit and bright.

I think reading is the most important thing that we should have learned. And I think e-book is very useful for people who need to read especially for students.

I have went to Boston once. And there was something really impressing me, that is, there are so many people read the e-book. And I was just realizing there are so many students from Harvard and MIT in Boston. My friends said: "that's the difference between Taiwan students and Harvard students." Of course they are just joking. But it seems to be truth.

Since the trend of e-book becoming more and more popular. I believe that there will have much more successful people in this world. And I think there will have more and more people reading.

Q1: What will it be if the e-book replace the books?

Q2: Have you ever read articles from the e-book?

Tweet Less, Kiss More.

People nowadays use smartphone while they are driving. It is really a bad habit for people. In my opinion. It is just like driving while smoking. It looks nothing but it could cause a lot of problems and lead you in danger.

Time flies, everyone owns a smartphone now. It shows our society was improving.
People use technology when they are checking something or just for casual. It seems so good for us. But is it really good for us? I don't think so. I think it made people far away from their friends. Because everyone only cares about their smartphone. They check their Facebook status every second and they forget who really cares about them at the meanwhile.

In my country. There is a funny game that when we have a reunion like dinner, we should put all of our cell phones on the table. Who touches it, who has to pay for the meal. It sounds ridiculous, but I think it really works. lol


Q1: Can you imagine that when people can't use their smartphones anymore? What will it be?

Q2: What would you like to do with using a smartphone?

Assignment 18: Stone Grief in the Age of Facebook.

Q1: Do you know all of your friends on your Facebook?

Q2: I think using Facebook makes us know other people's status easier, but at the meantime it also makes the relationship of us become more far. Do you feel the same?

Assignment 15: Tyler-Lewis Virtual Humans

Q1: What reason cause human want to build a virtual human?

Q2: What are the differences between virtual human and human cloning? Are they the same?

Assignment 14: Retargeting Ads Follow Surfers to Other Sites.

Q1: Do you think the ADs on the website always bring some viruses?

Q2: According to Q1. If not, how can you figure out whether it has viruses or not?

Assignment 13: The Pants That Stalked Me

Q1: What are the advantages and disadvantages of shopping online?

Q2: Do you think the advertisements which popped-up on your web are reliable?