Trinity's thoughts and opinions

 For group three of the presentations, they covered the topic of the music industry. The music industry is something I feel like I could easily inform someone about as I have paid attention to the rise and downfall of stars over the years and know who and what is currently it. As for the behind-the-scenes of the music industry such as the entourages that keep the star put together and managers and contracts that could change anything at any given moment. Another fact I can say about the music industry is that it's dying. By dying I mean there is no true and pure talent anymore that leads to the rise of stardom as there are now hundreds of other people who can do the same. A way this has increased is definitely through social media as people can now find talent from the comfort of their toilet if wanted.  I wasn't able to make it to their presentation, but I do have access to their readings which help give more insight. The article I enjoyed that was listed was "We need to ...

Based on the response question alone I'm not sure why we choose to suffer. I personally think it's due to all the positive benefits and outcomes all having the path of having to do hardships and difficult tasks that end up having a reward at the end. Thus, people choose to suffer because there seems to be a common theme of no more suffering when done. A saying that helps picture this better is the saying how "beauty is pain" among most women when doing beautification as the pain behind the process of getting ready is ok because one will be gorgeous in the end. People do this all the time, especially with weight loss or anything that requires necessary discipline. Why do we choose to do it? I think it's because at the end of the day no one else is going to do it for us.  In the video linked, it is a podcast discussing why we choose to suffer and the person speaking is Dr. Paul Bloom who is a psychologist with his Ph.D. and continues the discussion of why people cho...

 My preconception of inmates depends and is relative to each inmate's situation. Due to each inmate being arrested for different matters and having other traits and purposes that got them arrested it indeed does matter if discussing the inmates on the topic of who they are truly as a person without society possibly being the reason they made had to break the law. I think people end up incarcerated when the act of doing something illegal has a better outcome than doing something legal in the eyes of the potential inmate. I think this due to no one really forgets that the law exists or that actions have consequences, but when the result of something is something you need fairly quickly people will make sacrifices to not only succeed but survive.  In the video linked for week 8, "Step Inside The Circle" by Fritzi Horstman a compassion trauma leader asks a group of men at a high-security prison a series of questions that reflect on how they were treated pre-incarceration. A t...

 For the new round of topics and presentations, I was a part of the first group and the subject of social media and entertainment. Talking about this topic comes very quickly as I grew up with the internet and the new wave of technology that I don't know a life without, along with my other gen z peers. An article I really enjoyed when making the presentation was  https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2021/05/17/gen-z-and-the-rise-of-social-commerce/?sh=5bced33c251d  due to how they describe gen z with my particularly favorite description of calling us "digital natives" from the result of our generation never knowing a time where we didn't have immediate access to the internet to look up anything along with the ability to text and call friends and family anywhere, anytime.  When making the presentation, I kind of had an epiphany as I stopped to genuinely wonder what life without the internet is like. I started making a small list in my head of what would be...

 Before watching the videos and having changed my original opinion, I have always been curious about race. Curious about what exactly race is, who came up with it, and why does it matter? When looking at a definitive definition of race it states that it is "one of the groups that humans are often divided into based on physical traits" which strengthens my theory of people simply and naturally being not only confused but scared of the unknown. I came to this theory due to the keywords in the definition "groups" and "divided" as throughout history people treat another based on how not only one looks, but status, importance, and simply how much the other person can benefit them. I personally can not come up with my own definition of race, but I can and do agree with the definition I found on the internet as ethnicity is a more distinct characteristic in comparison. I think race can be both limiting and emancipating as you can't be set free without origina...

 Before watching the video linked for this week's post, I wanted to take note of my thoughts on the topic just to avoid any sort of bias. My thoughts on homosexuality and evolution aren't too much to share as I have always been an ally to the homosexual community and I believe in evolution. Although when combining those two topics new perspectives and opinions are formed. I have not been too informed on the evolution of homosexuality, but now that I'm thinking about it I do have a peaked interest as it can relate to modern time evolution of homosexuality or B.C. evolution of homosexuality, especially along the lines of the first perspective or third perspective as both contain different variants fo empathy and shame. I say that those perspectives have those variants because through periods of time the outlook of not just human evolution but homosexuality has raised debatable responses.  As I began watching the TedTalk I was automatically intrigued as the speaker, James O...