Current Events

Question 1

Soup Protests on Art

Answer 1

Teens began trashing infamous works in art history in order to gain wave a shock/attention for carbon emission, however, movement gained hate/ no true support reached an only amounted in overwhelming discourse throughout social media platform comments

Themes:
-Disobedience and problems
-Not all social change has to be a huge spectacle
-Distracting from issue at hand
-Failures of large gestures/acts of courage

Question 2

Fast fashion/shein

Answer 2

With social media boosting different fashion trends/fads every so often –> massive influx in certain clothes that only wind up in landfills and are unused in just a few months –> wastes in clothing production is bad for the environment and can contribute to pollution
–> companies bought from such as shein use unethical means such as overcrowding enviornement, underpayed employees, child labor all to give attractive appeal of a low price

Themes:
-Bad effects of globalization
-negative effects of the media
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Question 3

Advertising

Answer 3

-Advertising/placement has become so embedded and so spread within society that it has been plastered on societal monuments such as Cathedral de Barcelona –> Samsung

Themes:
-Bad effects of globalization
-Problems with the modern era
-Problems with capitlist mindset

Question 4

TikTok

Answer 4

Lowers attention span
contributes to overall technology addictions
Toxic Place: Coquette trend, trauma dumping, invalidating other’s troubles, bullying, harmful jokes

Themes:
-Negative effects of technological advancements
-Negative effects of social media
-globalization negative effects

Question 5

Marine Safe Packaging

Answer 5

Through scientific discoveries/advancements packaging has been made to substitue for plstinc food containers such as plastic can holders–> dissolve/biodegradable in water and will not harm

Themes:
-Positive effects in tech advancements
-Importance of creative thinking
-Importance in always looking for improvement

Question 6

New AI

Answer 6

AI has been generated capable of writing entire scripts, making artwork, writing essays and numerous other tasks –> though not always up to a human quality of these tasks —> still indicates a future/life in which some are put out of jobs

Themes:
-negative effects in tech advancements
-Dangers of technology