Final Blog Post - Gracie Sizemore
I did my project on the Viral Shopping Cart theory. It was fun and exciting. I sent out a questionnaire to the college students in my surrounding area and MTSU.
( I have posted comments on Feb 10, March 9, April 7th, April 13th, and April 20th. I can't remember when I posted my midterm project but it was around March 20-30th)
It's never occurred to me to do anything with a shopping cart except return it. Homeless people do other things with them, I'd assumed.
ReplyDeleteI don't quite get the trolley problem connection, I'd find it helpful if you'd add an actual blogpost addressing that and drawing out the larger conclusion(s) about human nature, irresponsibility, etc. I appreciate the work you've put into creating your slideshow, but that format is really better suited to a live and interactive presentation.
And say a bit more about "self-government" in the larger context. You didn't want to take a position on democracy vs. monarchy etc., but that's ultimately the more crucial question. Democracy MEANS collective (not just personal) self-government, and it depends on citizens choosing to behave responsibly and educate themselves about the issues that impact other people's lives as well as their own.
Having just taught a course on the challenges to democracy in America and around the world, I'm a little unsettled by the thought that younger people might actually be so little invested in it.