The lie, is it necessary in our society?

Of course it is. In fact we can't live in a world without lying as we are not telling the truth every day. A reason that could explain why is the lie necessary is because we want other people feel better. If we told the truth, people wouldn’t be as happy as it is now. For example, if someone that I can't stand comes to me to me and ask me something, I won't tell him that I don't like him. I'll just try to answer the other person's question. So here is an example of lying. If we told the truth we would hurt people. Truth hurts. Another example is related to loving. When someone is having a parallel relationship with someone else that is not his or her girlfriend/boyfriend, this one won't say anything to don't hurt his/her relationship. And once the other get to know what the reality, problems is come. So we prefer living in a world with lies and being happy than telling the truth and offending other people.

Nevertheless, I always try not to lie, but I do. I try not to do it because I wouldn't like people lie to me even if it hurts me.

*Even if we can't live in a world that always tell the truth, we consider the lie as a bad thing. But why's that?

1. Lying is bad because a generally truthful world is a good thing: lying diminishes trust between human beings. 
2. Lying is bad because it treats those who are lied to as a means to achieve the liar's purpose, rather than as a valuable end in themselves 
3. Lying is bad because it makes it difficult for the person being lied to make a free and informed decision about the matter concerned 
4. Others *

So even if we know lying is bad for us, we still use it because we want to arrange with other people and we try not to look rare

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Addiction to Technology

Game Boy Color

According to the subject (global issue) we have recently done at class, I'm going to talk about one of them: addiction, related to technology. This global issue and especially to social media affects us very much as we spend most of the time with our smartphones.

In my opinion, we are all addicted to technology but with different grades. There is no one that doesn't look at any screen. The ones who were born since 1995 are addicted to any kind of technology. For example, I began being addicted to videogames at 4. I didn’t spend three hours per day playing Pokemon or Pac-Man but I did spend one. So it was my mum who taught me how to use the Game Boy Color. Since I got this video game console, she also got interested in this virtual world. She enjoyed a lot playing Pac-Man, so in her free time she used to play it. So I consider myself a low addicted person in video games. However, I am a high addicted person to social network or just to the smartphone. I spend about four hours per day using my mobile phone. What I usually use is social media (WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram...) but I also play some simple mobile games such as Candy Crush. So this is me, and I'm sure there are lots of teenagers that are in my position.

I think we must stop using that much social media because if not we're going to be at "super addicted level". Of course we have to continue using Twitter (or others) to communicate our feelings but nowadays this fact has overpassed the communication of feelings. As I said in others texts, technology simplifies our lives and in this case it's trying to help us to communicate easier with other people. However, it doesn't help as the number of "super addicted people" is increasing considerably per year. I know a person who was in my class at second of ESO who only chatted by using his personal computer. He didn't even say "Hello" in the morning. His brain was living in that virtual world which now he can't get out of it. I'm not saying that technology is not helping at all, because it does help. For example, if we have a question at home of some homework, we only have to write an email to the teacher.

So is not technology's fault, it's our fault. We decide where the limit of consumerism (of addiction) is. And of course we must regulate it in case we don't want to finish as the boy I mentioned before.

Description of my grandpa

He is Manolo. My grandfather is the best grandfather that could exist in the world. When I am with him, time flies, literately. At this moment, he is seventy four years old but he seems a man who is in his sixties. Unfortunately, his physical conditions aren't very good but he tries to do most of the things my sister and I request for. For example, if I want to meet with my friends, he's the one who tries to bring me to wherever I want. Also, my grandpa and I have a special "family ship". We spend most of the time together and we talk about everything without problems.

He is not as tall as I am but he is old. In fact, he is one meter and seventy-nine centimetres, a good height for his age. At this moment he is not thin, he's plump. He doesn't do any kind of exercise (sports) but he does do what my grandma says because if not they argue. The tasks that she order to him aren't tasks like cleaning the washes...they require something else, such as climbing the wall (of a tower- as they live in a home that seems a tower- and painting it. Another task he often does is climbing to the roof (with a ladder) when has rained a lot because there is a space which the water can't fall down and this one produces leaks. So his job is putting out this water.
I don't know whether he is handsome or not because I can't see boys' beauty. However, as my mother says he is very handsome, let's give her the reason.

My grandpa is the kindest person in the world, the most ironic and the most jester. Even if he loves me, he likes teasing me, as I do with him. I treat him as he were one of my closest friends. Also, as most of the grandparents do or had done, he is always explaining amazing stories of him and his past and those moments are incredible. I hope he will live another fifty years to continue being with him.

Manolo loves talking about sex. There is no day that he doesn't mention any kind of words related with sex. Of course, he's always saying things about my girlfriend and I but I doesn't care as I can talk about anything without shame. However, there is a fact that I can't stand and he always do it. He controls me (when we leave school) to see what do I do and what I don't. If he sees something unusual, the first thing he's going to do is tattling my mum of what I had done.

So he is Manolo, an authentic person and the best one. As I said before, I hope he will be with me many years more, as most as possible.

Contratiempo

Contratiempo is a Spanish film directed and written by Oriol Paulo. In this successful film, there are famous Spanish actors like José Coronado or Mario Casas.

Adrián Dora, a successful business owner, is found in a closed room with a corpse. This is why police say that he committed the crime. Nevertheless, he decides to contract the most important witness tutor who helps him to avoiding joining prison. 

In my opinion is the best Spanish movie that I've ever seen. At first sight, it may seem that is like another one but it isn't. For me, this film is an example of how suspense films should be. Oriol Paulo had managed to create an incredible story with an amazing end (no spoilers)

Explaining a little what happened in the story (when Adrián explains the facts to his advocate)...

Adrián begins his statement saying that he didn't kill the person who was next to him in the room. He explained how he imagine he could arrive to that room as he can't remember it very well. He tells that he and his lover had a car accident and they killed the other person (of the other vehicle). To hide what had happened, they decided to throw the dead body into a lake. After they had managed to conceal the corpse, their car broke down. So they went into a home where the people who were living there were the parents of the dead person. Once they realized who where them, they left the home and received one message from someone saying that he had seen what had happened and wanted a big amount of money... The story continues but if I continue I would reveal the end so... I shouldn't.

What I liked the most about the film was the plot. As I said before, the proposal of the ideas is incredible. Of course, the actors and actresses did a well job, too. Maybe, for some people the explanation Adrian told could be a bit confusing because in fact, there were undergoing three parallels stories, which only one was true. 

According to the bad points, even if it's a Spanish film, I can't see any negative points. I enjoyed a lot when I was watching it.

So, if I had to value this film, I would give them a 9 out of 10 because I think all films and everything can beat themselves.

Autonomous Delivery Robots to Hit Virginia's Streets

Summary


Autonomous delivery bots will be able to travel on sidewalks in the state of Virginia during the next summer. These robots are designed to deliver parcels within a two-mile radius in 15-30 minutes. This robot weights about 19 Kg and can support about 10 Kg and travels at 4mph. These robots must obey traffic rules and signs and they also must display a plate identifying the owner's name, contact information and as well as unique identifying number.

For precaution, these bots are under supervision: a human is controlling their navigation and operation. To this task, the humans who control them are using an app.

My opinion

As I did in the others "My opinions" I agree on what the Virginia Government has just accepted. I can't see why the other states of EEUU don't accept it. In fact, these robots are simplifying our lives. They are bringing to us things. However, I see a negative point. The use of robots, in all ranges, is putting human jobs out. For me, the law accepted is okay because I'm not working yet, but I'm sure that if I ask someone else (that works) wouldn't think the same as me. 

For the other people, the ones that have to receive the goods, it's a good point because they don't need to move from home. Nowadays, we have become lazier because of technology. Technology should improve, of course, but we should keep in mind that affects to us, in employment, I mean.

Some big companies, like Domino's Pizza or Just Eat invented their own robots to bring the food that the people bought. These robots were designed to bring as far as ten hot pizzas before they get cold. In fact, the owners of these big companies are very interested in getting benefits, so, for them, it's better to invest in building a robot that having some stuff delivering pizza and paying them.

Vocabulary

• hazardous: perillós
• hire: contractar
• groceries: provisions

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Disney Scientists Turned an Entire Metal Room into a Wireless Charger

Summary

Disney doesn't stop in what technology facts refers. They have managed to transform a metal room into a wireless charger. The surprising fact is that this room can boost ten objects at the same time. The objective they wanted to achieve was that they wanted a room where while someone is walking, the battery of your cell phone wouldn't decrease. Also, the room has got furniture which doesn't interfere in the electromagnetic field. Humans can stay there with totally security as the wireless power doesn't overtake the 1.9 kilowatts of power

My opinion

In my opinion, what The Walt Disney Company has managed to develop is absolutely incredible even if there are some devices that can be charged without wires. When I read the title of this news, I was very impacted because sometimes I had thought about it. I have always wanted to be at someplace where you could stay without worrying about the battery of my phone. I think, most of the teenagers have thought about it because when we run out of battery we get bored because we don't what to do.

I hope this creative and useful technology can come to our homes and we can enjoy it.

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Disney 'not in the business of scaring kids

Summary

PASCAL

Disney is preparing to use the new technologic knowledge to apply it to their storytelling by using robotics and AI (artificial intelligence). Jon Snoddy, the company's senior Vice President for research and development, told that soon we'll be able to interact with storytelling robots. He also says that AI and machine learning is very important for their job. Their goal is that the robot could move around the guests, which the robot could know where it is going...

Referring to Pascal, Disney has managed to build it as a robot. It's a terrific recreation of the digital character, as it says in the article. They go and do tests to try to understand kids' reactions and find whether if it's a good idea to bring robots to the parks or not.

My opinion
I think the idea of recreating digital characters is awesome. What most of the people want, me included, is seeing these characters in real life and if it's possible to interact with them. So I think, they must go on in this idea because all kids will be more excited to see them. Of course, the creation of this robots will absolutely favour the same Disney Company because lots of people would like to go and to see these new characters (in real life). In this way, they are going to improve their technologic system and also their economic system. I have never been to Disney Land but if they manage to build a robot that seems like the film one, I'd be the first one to buy one ticket to visit it. I'd like to see it because I love robotics and I'd like to work on this so... there is no excuse to go and see!!

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Would I like to be famous?

This question has always come to our minds at some point of all of us and I'm sure the most of you hadn't thought about it in a seriously way. Well, I've been to both sites tough the answer was in different times of my life. At first, when I was little, I wanted to become a famous professional paddle player. I used to love playing paddle and joining competitions from around the world even if I only played in Catalunya. In fact, there were a few reasons that could explain why I wanted to become famous. The first one is obvious I think. And this is becoming rich. When you're little, you just think: "I want to live in a mansion, the biggest one in the world with lots of delicious food inside and a very wide open garden with enough space to play whatever I want" (or this was what I thought when I was a kid). So well, to achieve these sort of dreams is to think that you need a lot of money and the only way to earn it is becoming famous. Of course, I didn’t even thought about the consequences of being famous. I just wanted the money. But now that I'm older and I've matured (a little) I think the opposite. I wouldn't become a famous character because of these consequences. The first one is related to privacy. Once you are a popular person, you won't be able to live "in peace". There's always a journalist who is controlling what you do and what you let doing. I hate people who is doing it all the time. However, I like people who takes care of me. The second reason that supports the idea is the fact that I don't want to become a professional paddle player anymore. I don't feel like competing, I just want to play to have fun and that's what I do now, actually.

So now that I've commented my past and present opinions I don't know if in the future I would like to become famous. I hope I won't fall in this sort of world that pertains to famous people. But, if for some reason I finally fall in it, I'd try to think about the consequences again and restart the process mentioned before.