Nat108 Science Blog

  Propaganda and Social Media    Propaganda is something that has been on my mind a lot lately especially with all the election talk going on. Its really been grinding my gears seeing memes plastered all over the internet that dip into political views with very little facts. These memes gets shared and spread without the people actually thinking about what they are sharing. I can give you many prime examples   Things like this above get shared amongst the uneducated voter effecting their views with little or no information.  For a better example: Since these views are negative the ideas spreads fast like the term "fake news" we're all tired of hearing. I think this video was a good semi related video. Id like to talk / find more information the the effect of sharing these memes on politics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSKGa_7XJkg

The Right to Repair    In the past when you would buy a washing machine or really any appliance it would come with a manual that would clearly show you how to repair the device. Today on the other hand is quite the opposite, there will be some basic troubleshooting instructions however if something goes wrong your expected to just purchase a new one. Any attempt in a repair will result in be quoted way over the cost of what the product is worth leading to people continue our mass consumption culture. I prime defender in the right to repair would be Louis Rossman, I personal enjoy his you tube channel where he repairs mac books. Louis featured in a recent video from CBC where they exposed Apples poor repair practices, I suggest checking it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2_SZ4tfLns&t=     Repairing Items are becoming a thing of the past even though they can be reused.  Recently my washing machine broke down and the repair guy barely knew what he was

Self Driving Cars: The Good         Self driving cars promise an exciting future for us, that personally I'm excited for because I hate to drive, especially in Toronto. The idea of being able to just call your car to pick up and take you home sounds noting less of perfect. No more worries about if your journey home will be safe, no more worry about drunk drivers, all thanks to driving AI.    If we we're able to just call out car to pick us up, wouldn't we change the way our cities out built? Parking is really not needed to the scale we have today, parking takes up large portions of land that could be used for much better things. With parking not needed we could expect costs of items especially at the grocery store where large parking lots are currently needed.   --More on parking( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akm7ik-H_7U )    Since autonomy will allow people to call cars to come get them, car sharing programs will become more popular. The cost of these m