Just want some quotes that will make you feel better about the future? READ THE END
So today a guest speaker came into my chemistry class and he talked to a group of very anxious tenth and eleventh graders about...THE FUTURE. Yay. At first I was nervous about the conversation, as I'm scared for the future, but it turned out to be a very inspiring talk. This man works for beats headphone company. You know that small company that now generates A BILLION DOLLARS. Yeah, I wouldn't mind making a billion dollars. At first he started talking about his job at the company. He's a data person, so basically he puts all the data and stuff together for them. After that he basically just talked about our generation and the age we are currently living in. With technology, he said, things are advancing and changing more than ever, and that we are going to have to keep up. When he was our age, computers weren't even a thought, and now look at today. A time without computers? Yeah, no thank you. How would I be doing this blog? How would I procrastinate on my homework? How would I do my homework? Computers have changed unbelievably since their start. Everything that he was saying about change in technology started to make sense to me. When I was in fifth grade the popular phone everyone wanted was the hot pink motorola pink phone. Now third graders have iPhones. There's a book this man told us to read called The Third Wave.
He gave us some background info on the book. Most people who have taken a history class know about the two ages :Stone and Industrial. Now, quite obviously, we are in an age of technology. Read about my thoughts on TECHNOLOGY here.He predicts in the future technology will be used for everything. There will probably be genetic engineering for EVERYTHING. That means clones guys. Anyone remember the movie WALLE? We everyone is fat, isolated, and dumb? Well basically were on an express train to that society. I don't know about you, but the idea scares the shit out of me. Technology will be used, even more, in medicine. Like someone in the USA can operate on a person in India through a robot. That sounds a bit dangerous to me. The book teaches you must LEARN, UNLEARN, and RELEARN. I mean, in college, most of the stuff you learn is outdated by the time you graduate. The speaker emphasized the importance of learning things on our own, and that good jobs are when opportunities meet hard work. This man did the impossible. HE MADE THE FUTURE LESS SCARY! Some quotes I found inspirational and calming were"
"Life is a marathon, not a sprint"
"It's OK to fail. Fail forward"
"Find a NICHE. Be GREAT at something"
"The world is changing, change with it"
What do you want to do? Tell me in the comments!!!
So today a guest speaker came into my chemistry class and he talked to a group of very anxious tenth and eleventh graders about...THE FUTURE. Yay. At first I was nervous about the conversation, as I'm scared for the future, but it turned out to be a very inspiring talk. This man works for beats headphone company. You know that small company that now generates A BILLION DOLLARS. Yeah, I wouldn't mind making a billion dollars. At first he started talking about his job at the company. He's a data person, so basically he puts all the data and stuff together for them. After that he basically just talked about our generation and the age we are currently living in. With technology, he said, things are advancing and changing more than ever, and that we are going to have to keep up. When he was our age, computers weren't even a thought, and now look at today. A time without computers? Yeah, no thank you. How would I be doing this blog? How would I procrastinate on my homework? How would I do my homework? Computers have changed unbelievably since their start. Everything that he was saying about change in technology started to make sense to me. When I was in fifth grade the popular phone everyone wanted was the hot pink motorola pink phone. Now third graders have iPhones. There's a book this man told us to read called The Third Wave.
He gave us some background info on the book. Most people who have taken a history class know about the two ages :Stone and Industrial. Now, quite obviously, we are in an age of technology. Read about my thoughts on TECHNOLOGY here.He predicts in the future technology will be used for everything. There will probably be genetic engineering for EVERYTHING. That means clones guys. Anyone remember the movie WALLE? We everyone is fat, isolated, and dumb? Well basically were on an express train to that society. I don't know about you, but the idea scares the shit out of me. Technology will be used, even more, in medicine. Like someone in the USA can operate on a person in India through a robot. That sounds a bit dangerous to me. The book teaches you must LEARN, UNLEARN, and RELEARN. I mean, in college, most of the stuff you learn is outdated by the time you graduate. The speaker emphasized the importance of learning things on our own, and that good jobs are when opportunities meet hard work. This man did the impossible. HE MADE THE FUTURE LESS SCARY! Some quotes I found inspirational and calming were"
"Life is a marathon, not a sprint"
"It's OK to fail. Fail forward"
"Find a NICHE. Be GREAT at something"
"The world is changing, change with it"
What do you want to do? Tell me in the comments!!!
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