Time

Can we go back in time?

What is time?

What does time mean to different people?

Is time really money?

I would want to answer all those questions, if only I had the time. (Pun Intended) According to the article, these local Piraha tribesmen have absolutely no measurement of time and even numbers. For them, life is always spontaneous and this or that. In fact, even after a linguist tried to teach the Portuguese counting till 10, none could repeat them after a coaching of almost 8 months. Furthermore, the Piraha tribes people give their children names based on the traits they feel their offspring shares with an elder of the tribe. Shockingly, these people even manage to forget their grandparents names, because what matters to them is only the present and "here and now'.

Personally, I have a completely opposite view from the tribes people because in my Indian culture, numbers are a pretty big deal. This is because, firstly we invented the numbers (that's right) and secondly, we are a society which live in a very rushed society. The rushed society is similar to the Piraha's, however in Indian society, the rush means we have lots of things to do, thus we need to allocate time. Allocating time means numbers, and organizing meeting at certain times and etc. However, Time personally to me is the most precious asset in the whole world. This is because it is one of the only things on Earth that can't be bought. Time gives us a purpose and a meaning on this earth, and when measured and used correctly, helps organize our lives.

Knowledge Questions and Claims

Article Link - http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/08/opinions/wells-fargo-fine-rushkoff/index.html

Article Description - This article talks about the huge credit card fraud that the Wells Fargo employees in the U.S have been doing. Wells Fargo is a huge bank based in the U.S. The fraud that these employees have been doing is opening credit card accounts for their unaware customers. By doing this, the employees meet sales targets and receive sales bonuses.

I think the Knowledge Claims in this Passage would be -

More than 5300 employees have been laid off for engaging in this fraud
More than 1.5 million fraud credit card accounts have been made for unaware customers.


I think the Knowledge Questions in this Passage would be -

To what extent can we trust banks with consumer safety?
How can we make sure that our money is safe with banks?

Is there a Perfect Map?

The World Map, is a highly interesting item because of its significance worldwide. Everybody and anybody who belongs on Earth, has someplace on the Map. Since I was 5 I was taught with the basic map which provides a more general view, however had never challenged the fact that it could have been made with some bias in mind.This was brought up in the Second TOK class where, European biased was showcased with their preference of being the center of the map. Then, we viewed a map which had America at the center and talked about how it would mainly be used by Americans as compared to others. However, the thing I found the most interesting in the class was when the sizes of countries were discussed I found out that Russia was much less superior to Africa in terms of Area, however on the World Map it appears much larger. This lesson now encourages me to not believe everything on face value and inquire more.