The precautionary principle is one of the way we use to protect our health and the environment but people think more and more that it's a too heavy imposition on our society and business. They think that it's illogical to ban something without knowing clearly whether it is dangerous or not.
I strongly disagree with this purpose. For me, the respect of well-being and environment is more important than progress and profit. I prefer to know that every innovation is clear, safe and will never be consider harmful because of a study for the late-effects of this product. And if an innovation comes but it's a risky one. I prefer to know that too and be ready to face the consequences.
The precautionary principle is a good thing and must be maintain, even if it's against productivity and economy.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Innovations... essential elements in a society
What would we be without innovations? I’m pretty sure that we wouldn’t survive… People always want more convenience in every single activity that they have to do, which requires to carry out improvements to objects constantly. Nowadays, inventing things is a full-time job that is indispensable to our society satisfaction.
Even though there are some inventions that ended up being harmful, skillful people are working on new innovations in order to make them better. A perfect example is the pollution engendered by cars’ CO2 emissions. Thousands of engineers are trying to develop a new green energy source, which would improve cars quality.
Innovations are key elements for a society to develop in a healthy way.
Even though there are some inventions that ended up being harmful, skillful people are working on new innovations in order to make them better. A perfect example is the pollution engendered by cars’ CO2 emissions. Thousands of engineers are trying to develop a new green energy source, which would improve cars quality.
Innovations are key elements for a society to develop in a healthy way.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Innovation
I think that innovation is a great tool for human being. It helps us for our daily life and make us think about ourselves and our "world". The furthest we innovate, the best we can see how big are our possibilities. It's an essential part of our development.
On the other hands, we see today that innovation can be bad. We discover the pollution, the power of the nuclear of how destructive our innovation can be. That's why there are so many groups of organizations which want to go "against the current" and return to traditional ways of life.
I'm sure that innovation is not bad but we have to be aware of our limits and don't force the nature and destroy what we already have.
On the other hands, we see today that innovation can be bad. We discover the pollution, the power of the nuclear of how destructive our innovation can be. That's why there are so many groups of organizations which want to go "against the current" and return to traditional ways of life.
I'm sure that innovation is not bad but we have to be aware of our limits and don't force the nature and destroy what we already have.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Cubism
Cubism was one of the most influential art movement of the first part of the 20st century. The work of its two leaders (Picasso and Braque) changed the way of painting and thinking of more than one generation. The consequences on the art and the society are huge, even in architecture, or photography.
The two main idea of cubism are the fact that our world is everything except absolute. All our concepts are relative. The second fact is that the cubists wanted to fix a three-dimensional world on a canvas. Picasso and Braque show these results by the analytic cubism.
The cubists don't care about the perspective. They paste the 3 dimensions in two. To help the viewer, they insert small details and clues to understand the topic and to refer to the title. For example, in "the guitar player", Picasso shows us the hand and the head of the player.
They also (in the first period, the "analytic" one) don't care about the colors. It came back after, when they were certain of their technique. That's why it's so monochromatic. They just add bright white color for the idea of light.
Another really important progress is the introduction of words in the painting, with a "commercial" printing. The modern art and after the pop art and its derivatives used this technique a lot to represent among other the consumer society.
For all those reasons, I think that the Cubism was a main influence of the 20st century art. It was the precursor of abstract and it directly influenced the pop art. Picasso and Braque were genius and we can thank them for our current art.
The two main idea of cubism are the fact that our world is everything except absolute. All our concepts are relative. The second fact is that the cubists wanted to fix a three-dimensional world on a canvas. Picasso and Braque show these results by the analytic cubism.
The cubists don't care about the perspective. They paste the 3 dimensions in two. To help the viewer, they insert small details and clues to understand the topic and to refer to the title. For example, in "the guitar player", Picasso shows us the hand and the head of the player.
They also (in the first period, the "analytic" one) don't care about the colors. It came back after, when they were certain of their technique. That's why it's so monochromatic. They just add bright white color for the idea of light.
Another really important progress is the introduction of words in the painting, with a "commercial" printing. The modern art and after the pop art and its derivatives used this technique a lot to represent among other the consumer society.
For all those reasons, I think that the Cubism was a main influence of the 20st century art. It was the precursor of abstract and it directly influenced the pop art. Picasso and Braque were genius and we can thank them for our current art.
Monday, March 7, 2011
The Internet
The Internet is probably the most powerful and revolutionary device of the 20th century. Thanks to the Internet you can do absolutely everything, buying or selling goods, finding information or advice, meeting people, organizing parties…unfortunately, some people seem to abuse from this freedom of speech and action to steal people or injure them. I think it is up to everyone to be careful on the web so that bad experiences don’t happen. Let’s share things with consciousness and don’t let bad people damaging the Internet’s image !
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