Category: Critical Thinking

Introduction Humans are obsessed with technology. The fact that there are more people with mobile phones (5.1 billion) than people with toothbrushes (4.2 billion) (according to Hubspot) shows how much we love technology. Those statistics do not surprise me. Technology is not going anywhere. Technology is not an option. It is a fundamental part of…

Should people be able to pay to get to the head of the line in public facilities, such as airports? To drive alone in carpool lanes for a fee? Or to quit smoking or lose weight? Should having money determine who gets first access to emergency rooms or transplants for kidneys? Does everything in life…

A man who blinded himself and ran off from his city, Oedipus, a man whose identification he no longer knew. He killed his father and married his mother, unknowingly stunning a prophecy. This is a story of a man written by way of the capability of the Greek Tragedian Sophocles and using the skill of…

Forgiveness and loss an important themes in everyone’s life. It helps people to endure a challenge of hardship or to overcome a fear that they must be able to face in the future. For instance, Don Hall and Chris Williams’s film produced in 2014, Big Hero 6, conveys how important forgiveness and loss are throughout…

The knowledge of one’s worthiness is crucial to a person’s ability to feel a sense of love and connection. In 2010, Brene Brown did a TED talk on how impactful being vulnerable is to our ability to feel belonging and connection which received over 40.5 million views. She explains that the soul of her work…

The Hunger Games is a dystopian fictional novel by Suzanne Collins. The novel depicts an unequal world within which Panem and the citizens are troubled by the oppressive Capitol regime. The power of authority overcomes any others. Inequality is heavily present throughout the novel, both, in and out of the games. The Capitol holds influence…

Everyone has committed a crime. However, some sins are unforgivable, to the point that they seem unforgivable. The ‘unforgivable sin’ is the obedience of the mind to the intellect. Nathaniel Hawthorne through Arthur Dimmesdale, Hester Prynne, and Roger Chillingworth There are some excellent examples in The Scarlet Letter. Through the differences in the lives of…

Do you ask for forgiveness frequently? When excess affects self-esteem Do you ask for forgiveness frequently? Saying ‘sorry’, in principle, is one of the social ‘glues’ that strengthen our relationships. However, doing it constantly can weaken our self-esteem. Let us think that the act of apologizing must be punctual and meaningful, not a continuous and…

Dracula is a gothic horror novel written in 1897 by Irish author Abraham “Bram” Stoker, who became well-known after the release of this masterpiece. The novel unfolds the mysterious story of Count Dracula, who tries to flee from Transylvania, a remote region, and goes to England to find new blood and attempts to spread the…

The importance of forgiveness is a huge concept we humans should heavily focus on. We, humans, justify others’ actions as being unforgivable which leads to bad blood between you and that individual. Your girlfriend cheating on you, being betrayed by your close friend, etc. All these elements could lead to you being unforgivable towards anyone.…