Eye Openers

Something really jumped out at me during this second session. The Millennium Development Goals surprised me with the very magnitude of what they were trying to achieve. One of the important points we have to take away from this course is how technology can help us to change the world and make it a better place. Items such as the MIT Media Lab's 100 dollar laptop have the ability to make the Millennium Development Goals a reality. We see how this marvel of modern technology can actually make us realize a better tomorrow.

The things we discussed in class such as the dominance of certain countries and companies due to their technological superiority really brought to the fore why certain organisations are leaders in their respective fields. Also the rising and falling star framework put into perspective the socio economic changes of the past few years. We can understand very easily the future dominance of the South East Asian region in the coming years by looking through this framework.

I really enjoyed the presentations especially the ones about the American hegemony and Ford's assembly line. I think the second one showed how technology can play a part in world politics while the second one showed us how one organisation can simply change the way that everyone does things.

Key take away points would be the MDG's and how we can work to solve them. Also I'll take away the the realization of how big a role technology can play at both the macro and the micro level, of how it can change a daughter's life as Dora talked about in her presentation and of how it can change the way that nations progress as talked about in the first presentation. In fact this is an issue for further discussion.

I would rate the session 9 because of the brilliant presentations and eye opening revelations.