Assessment Week 4
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1AssessmentBrief.docx
In Monoculture, F.S. Michaels argues for the central role of economics in our daily lives. What does Michaels have to say about work, education, and creativity? Discuss your thoughts and include relevant textual evidence to support your interpretation.
Here is the link of the book:
http://shikshantar.org/sites/default/files/PDF/Monoculture%20-%20How%20One%20Story%20is%20Changing%20Everything%20Michaels%20F.%20S..pdf
Essay 2: (2 Pages)
Both Michaels and McAfee & Brynjolfsson believe that our world has changed in specific ways, and that we must consider a number of factors in order to fully take advantage of our place in society. What factors are of chief concern in each text? How do these authors’ ideas about society, and how to survive in it, contrast and compare?
McAfee & Brynjolfsson’s reading: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0d6b1sol8pacik4/McAfee%20%26%20Brynjolfsson.pdf?dl=0
Essay 3: (2 Pages)
Consider the different approaches that Wong, Rhode, and Kay & Shipman have to success in the modern world, and the different obstacles they see to that success. How do their ideas relate to one another? To the other authors above?
NO OUTSIDE RESOURCES.
Wong’s reading: https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/silicon-valleys-other-diversity-problem-age-bias-in-tech
Rhode’s reading: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0a770uvvyxcnyin/Rhode.pdf?dl=0
Kay & Shipman’s reading: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/
