Ethos, Pathos, Logos...

What I read for my persuasion blog can be found here. It wasn't so much an article but a debate website in which you can see what people are arguing about and take part and put in your two cents. Obviously when you are you are trying to convince someone of something. To do you you should use persuasive techniques such as ethos, pathos, and logos. Now, I do believe in religion, but if I were a person looking to be convinced that religion is good and I looked at this article, then I would have been convinced that religion is more bad than good. The arguments that were saying that religion was more good than bad were weak. They tried to use logos by saying that if it were not for religion, then technology would not have come as far along as it has. Well, that argument didn't speak to me. The other side of the coin was that religion is more bad than good. Advocates of the "more bad than good" argument use pathos to convince me and they do a much better job by telling me about a kid who is being sentenced to death because of religion. Proper use of ethos, pathos, and logos really does make a difference in persuading.

Web 2.0

This video was, in my opinion very artsy and creative. I think it was talking about technology and how it has changed our everyday lives. It was talking about "Web 2.0" which is just a term describing the way the web is being used by current generations. It is being used as a more creative way to express ourselves. The world is so small now relative to how it was before technology enabled humans to communicate faster than we've ever been able to. In terms of how "Web 2.0" will change my work experience, well, it will change a lot! For one, conferencing will no longer require traveling back and forth to get somewhere and talk to some people for 2 hours. When you want to communicate with someone 2000 miles away about whatever issue you have, it will be in the blink of an eye. You see that person face to face and be able to not only hear their voice, but observe their body language, their surroundings and other factors that would help you communicate more efficiently and accurately. People already in the workforce will be forced to adapt to the new technology and learn how to use it. Some people will find it hard and that might be the difference between them keeping their job or losing it. I do not know what it means when it says we'll have to rethink everything, i guess it means that with the new technology, there will be countless ways to do things that we used to do; therefore, we'll have to "rethink everything" in terms of how we do things!

"Allow myself to introduce......... myself!"

Hello everyone, my name is Rene. I'm a business management major from Seneca, SC. I've lived here since I was 5 and I've grown up a Clemson Tiger. I hate the Gamecocks. My birthday is coming up soon and I turn 21!!! My parents are both from Mexico and I was born in California. I speak spanish and english fluently and I'm working on learning french. A lot of people ask me whether I speak english or spanish at home, and the answer to that is spanish. Then they ask if I think in spanish or english, and the answer to that is that it depends on what I'm thinking about. I enjoy playing soccer, snowboarding and skating. I play soccer for Clemson and I've loved every minute of it, despite having an awful season this past season. I also love to watch movies! I don't know who would know this, but the title to this post is a quote from Austin Powers! That's all I've got for today!