10th Task: Essay: Critiques to the use of technologies.

The technology is essential part of the life for our society, I want to comment them through these words what means the technology for me, but also a critic regarding the use and the importance that we grant her, referring especially to the use for the study of diverse matters.
For we analyze the problem we need a "wide" concept of technology, so that to demarcate the context in that it will be inserted the work, technology is "the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization." This is a concept the sufficiently wide thing that can embrace from a pencil, until a space ship, for what I find an appropriate concept for this work.
The technology has allowed to the society to simplify tasks that are more complex, with the purpose they to be executed in a more easy, quicker and cheapest way. Regarding the costs, in a capitalist society we should understand and to define "the time" like a very scarce “good”, for this reason is valuable, for what every time that we decide to execute an action, loses the opportunity to execute other, this is what calls “cost of opportunity" economy. For example nowadays I decided to go to English's class and I lost the opportunity to go to the theater with a friend, that it is an example of opportunity cost. Then this special function of the technology consists in that can reduce the opportunity costs in the measure in that we reduce the times to execute actions. For example, with the use of an automobile, I can get up a little later in the mornings, since due to their speed me the saving extra time that I would take a long time in going toward the same place, but walking.
Regarding the use of the technology for the study ("Law"), for me it has been essential, since thanks to her I can consent in a quick, easy way and at smaller cost to an universe of educational material, doctrine, laws, jurisprudence that allows a complete study of all the pertinent matters. But this use is very limited and basic, in comparison to other careers in that it is used much more the technology, for example an engineer, an architect, etc. nevertheless the above-mentioned, the computer and the Internet allow that the search of information is much quicker, less expensive.
But the problem is that the excessive use of technology, has the necessary consequence of the Depersonalization of our relationships. For example instead of visiting our relatives and friends (in the case of the education to go to a library), we will prefer to communicate with them through a videoconference, saving us the cost of "traveling", or we even use our cellular telephones to call to people that are to some distance meters.

My conclusion is that we should look at the topic of the technology, pondering its positive and negative elements, it is necessary to recognize that it is a mere instrument, a mean more than we have to our disposition, and that means that the technology is what is and not more than that, for what we cannot arrive to the point of replacing our personal relationships for technology, would be to deny to the other one its person quality and also to waste the benefits of living in society, experiencing the same life coordinating your interests with those of the other ones, knowing different people, of which can learn always, and this conclusion taken to the plan of the education means to exclude an education system at distance as main method of study, unless it is only a tool more, a "subsidiary" form of education and on the other hand I would like there to be a recovery (revaluation) of the libraries like place dedicated to the study and the investigation in that we can have a direct contact with the books, (and non files.pdf.doc, etc) a "more sensual" (perceived through the senses) approach to the reading and not merely technological, since never it will be the same thing to play a paper leaf to look at a screen LCD.

Abel Riquelme Guzmán

9th Post: Freedom: The quality of television in Chile

Every day we listen opinions of the bad quality of Chilean television, and do I believe that it is true the Chilean television it is bad, but is the question why it is bad? The answer can find it to the interior of our society. Since we have a private system of television, the one which economically is negotiated starting from the demand of the society, then that makes it is to surrender what we request, what the town wants, that is to say people want to know what happens to the models, footballers, etc. The television is not more than the reflection of what we are as society, and it doesn't seem that we care a lot that the television educates us, etc.
Now, if what we want is a change that our television is of more quality as for its "contents", the way of financing it cannot be the private one, since being deprived they will always sell the product that blindfolds more, what the populus wants. The solution would be to have a public financing of television, for example through the payment of a specific tax, a bound television to the University, like it was the original project of the law of concessions, on one hand the channel 13 of the Catholic University, the channel 5 of PUCV, and the 11 that it was of the University of Chile (the concession), together to the channel of the State that is TVN. These proposals correspond models that exist in the world, our model is a copy of U.S., that is to say financed for private, on the other hand a public model can find it in Europe with channels like Italian RAI, German Deutsche Welle, etc. In that the quality of its content belongs together with a culturally high standard. Then the question is: are we willing to change the system of financing of television, or do we prefer to continue with the private system? I believe that the majority answer is "free" the preference for a system, that is to say private. I personally believe that the new generations want another television type, but apparently that it is a debate that for the time being it is pending and that it doesn't probably have handle in a neoliberal country as Chile.

8th Task: How green are you?

The truth is that I am not an ecological person, in the sense of the person's typical image in bicycle that recycles all that can, and it avoids to damage the environment to all thing. In spite of that yes I consider that I fulfill certain minimum standards that for the fact of living in society should complete, I eat for example, never to throw away garbage in public places.

But I find that it stops our current society, doesn't pay for cost of contaminating, but rather on the contrary, we always prefer that "another" solves the problem. Then we save ourselves a cost, but we generate a bigger cost for the Society and the State.

Although it is certain there is not a lot of education in this respect, since in the school or in your family they can become trained that it is the correct thing" (ecologically speaking), but if the incentives don't exist to act in a certain way, we don't probably act like we should make it.

This lack of interest is born of the example of the behaviors that make other people, because many times although you know that it is not good for the environment throwing away garbage, you think but everybody makes it"… there is Also other causes and they refer to the subjective valuations toward the things, people don't probably value so much to the environment, like they value its time, (time that they can dedicate to work, to rest, to leave purchases, etc) the money, the love, or other you interest. And this problem has practical relevance for example to the moment to decide among walking in bicycle or in automobile, and the excellent thing is that if I value more to the environment I will go in bicycle, but as the truth it is that our lives are limited, and the society imposes us to carry out many activities in little time, we prefer the speed that can provide us an automobile.

If people were rational as they say the books of Economy, would we probably take care more our environment, will the future home of the new generations be since, but apparently the economy yes is right in something, is the homo economicus selfish, and is to be selfish to be rational"…???? perhaps if, perhaps not.

7th Task Chilean Miners, San Jose Issue

The history of the Chilean miners, the day 5 of August of the 2010 in that 33 miners were buried to 700 meters deep under the earth in the mine San José begins. First there was great shock in the whole country, a lot of sadness and few hopes, nobody believed that they could be saved, all thought that a rescue was impossible. Also all said that the 33 miners were already dead.

After 17 days it happened the wonderful miracle, the miners through the probe sent a paper leaf that had written: "We are well in the refuge the 33 written with red letters. This small message returned the happiness, the trust, the faith, the hope to a whole country.

After all that happiness, the main concern was to know the conditions in that the miners, its feeding and its health were living, with the help of a team of compound professionals for doctors, engineers, miners, the works of shipment of foods and the communication intents began to know the details of the situation.
One of the first questions was the how they were able to survive 17 isolated days, and the answer was: "eating two tuna spoonfuls, every 48 hours", that is incredible.

After some days, the communication is achieved and it was interesting the fact that the miners but that concerned of its situation, they were worried by people that were in the exterior, its wives, children, and the other miners.

Then the most difficult task began: the rescue, and the truth is that precedents of a rescue of these magnitudes didn't exist, for what possibility didn't exist of learning of the experience of developed countries.

Then the rescue was made to the Chilean way", carrying out rehearsals for a medical, military compound team and engineers, they will save the miners through a metallic capsule that will transport them (very similar to an elevator) nicknamed as " Phoenix " that on the average would delay 50 minutes between to lower and to ascend to the surface.

The history finishes after 68 days, with the 33 safe miners, with an entire happy town for its national heroes, but without a doubt the happiest were its families that were waiting for them eagerly, but that in any moment they lost the faith, an unyielding faith, an iron faith.

Affectionate greetings

6th Task; The Guardian;http://www.guardian.co.uk/

I will comment the news of GUARDIAN.CO.UK that you can find in this link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/oct/22/games-sony about the sales of the last toy of Sony, "the Playstation Move Controller", this control allows to play virtual games through the recognition of the player's movement whose public addressee, is that of the casual players that they are those that play in occasions family games, of medium difficulty", etc. For that that thanks to this apparatus the company Sony, will be able to capture the public that it likes of this type of games (generally associated to people that have the Nintendo Wii). I have this control, for what I can share my experience, it is a very precise control that emulates in a very precise way your movements.

But regarding the games that can be used by the " Move " I find that it still lacks to improve, because for the time being we only have games for casual players, the interesting thing is that soon they opened new games " hardcore " that will have support with this apparatus, and I find that very positive since we will have a wide variety of games to choose and to enjoy hours of leisure, either with the family, friends or playing on-line

Also, I not only recommend them that they buy one of these apparatuses, but rather minimum is bought two, since the idea is to play with two people, since it makes that the game is much more interesting and more amusing. To have two controller is also necessary to play some games, I eat one of fights for example, in which a control represents your sword and the other one the shield.

To finish I can only mention as negative point, their high price, since to be able to play you don't require only of the " controller ", but rather of a special camera, additional games, and also the console PS3. Nevertheless the above-mentioned, is a good purchase for those that you/they like of the games and the technology.

Greetings.

5th Task ; My favourite places in santiago

The truth is that I don't know a lot of Santiago, although I live here, I believe that it always interests me more to know the distant thing that the near things. But in spite of that, more than the place, interests me much more people with which am sharing in some place, for what the good moments in that I have passed it very well, are not necessarily places that it would recommend, but yes they are places that we remember with love next to my friends. One of those places is "La Piojera", a very amusing place to share with the friends, where you can drink swigs and to eat traditional foods, forget the hot dog, French fries, hamburgers, because that won't find there, if you go, you have to be willing to eat turnovers, hard eggs, pig ham, and also to drink the characteristic " earthquake ".

Another place that I recommend is since the brown " Caburga " that is an appropriate place to go after English's classes, it is located in the Patio Bellavista very near to the Law school of University of Chile.. It is a place go to drink a coffee, drink, or some swig, also sells some rich turnovers and pizzas to very convenient prices, overalls if you are of the University of Chile. If you want go to converse with somebody, this is the place.

If you want a more family atmosphere, you can also visit the "Club Gran Avenida, where you can enjoy of rich roasted, swigs, live music, competitions, karaoke, everything in a very pleasant atmosphere.

Thank you for paid attention,

Greetings.

4th Task cinema, movies, directors...

I have many favorite movies, to choose one is very difficult, among my favorite ones: Réquiem for to Dream, Cinema Paradiso, A Clockwork Orange, Dead Poets Society, schindler's list, but like I have to choose to a, I will comment them about the movie "the best of youth"(La Meglio Gioventù) of the Italian director Marco Tullio Giordana.

"Chronological, from 1963 until 2003, moving around Italy, from Rome to the floods of Florence in 1966, student unrest in Turin, Mafia murders in Palermo, chance in Milan, plus two trips to Norway. Brothers Matteo and Nicola, of opposite temperament, try to free Giorgia, a teen, from a mental institution: their failure leads Nicola into psychiatry and Matteo to the police. In Florence, Nicola meets Giulia, a musician and leftist whose Red Brigade ties drive them apart after they have a child. In Palermo, Matteo meets Mirella, a photographer; they connect again in Rome. The film explores love, family, friendship, politics, mental illness, tragedy, and opportunities to forgive and to heal.”


That that more I liked of this movie it is that in spite of their long duration (6 hours) when seeing it it doesn't bore me in any moment, and the beautiful thing is to see like it changes the life of people along the time, the human relationships among the friends and the family, and the way in that the things that happen to us (they affect) they define the things that we make (what we are). But I would like to allow you to Watch the movie and comment, for that that until here my comment arrives,

Greetings.