Great information and opens your mind to an alternative view to the mass majority of society.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
The Best Power Example I Know
Hi Guys,
This is my first time blogging, so I'm going to to keep it lite.
I wanted to share with you one of the best examples of power I could think of, and the example is: the 1960's television show "the Prisoner".
Concept:
A man who has recently resigned from a position in the government espionage division (think if James Bond quit), wakes up one day in his bed, in his apartment, and he opens the curtains to reveal that he is actually in a room designed to look like his. This room is in "The Village", a picturesque town thats built on a loop so no roads ever take you out, where people are not known by name but instead by number (our guy is number 6), and that the person who appears to be in charge is number 2. We soon learn "The Village" is a prison for people with valuable information, and that the reason for numbers is so that you aren't aware which people are fellow prisoners and which are parts of a clever plot to exert your ever-valuable information...
What to Expect to see:
A dated television show that you've already seen elements of in loads of other pop-culture; this show has it's influence everwhere... talk about power :)
One of the most original shows you've ever seen, especially the episode "Schizoid Man".
More examples of power dynamics including control than the Matrix.
Where to Find it:
For rent at "Have You Seen" on Aylmer st. in Peterborough
To avoid the risk of being called a spammer... you guys know how to use Google to find streaming & downloading sites already... go find one.
So what is "The Village?"... Who wants this information, for what do they want it?... and just who is number 1?...
Tune in to find out,
Ryan Smith
This is my first time blogging, so I'm going to to keep it lite.
I wanted to share with you one of the best examples of power I could think of, and the example is: the 1960's television show "the Prisoner".
Concept:
A man who has recently resigned from a position in the government espionage division (think if James Bond quit), wakes up one day in his bed, in his apartment, and he opens the curtains to reveal that he is actually in a room designed to look like his. This room is in "The Village", a picturesque town thats built on a loop so no roads ever take you out, where people are not known by name but instead by number (our guy is number 6), and that the person who appears to be in charge is number 2. We soon learn "The Village" is a prison for people with valuable information, and that the reason for numbers is so that you aren't aware which people are fellow prisoners and which are parts of a clever plot to exert your ever-valuable information...
What to Expect to see:
A dated television show that you've already seen elements of in loads of other pop-culture; this show has it's influence everwhere... talk about power :)
One of the most original shows you've ever seen, especially the episode "Schizoid Man".
More examples of power dynamics including control than the Matrix.
Where to Find it:
For rent at "Have You Seen" on Aylmer st. in Peterborough
To avoid the risk of being called a spammer... you guys know how to use Google to find streaming & downloading sites already... go find one.
_____________________________________
So what is "The Village?"... Who wants this information, for what do they want it?... and just who is number 1?...
Tune in to find out,
Ryan Smith
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The power is us.
Currently fellow, Power Course member we are in one of the largest power dynamics happening,we are the mesh in a possible labour dispute.We are smack dab and the middle of the union,teachers,the college,and of course the provincial government. The same part of the government that is funding most of us,so the union swings us out as the carrot at the end of the stick letting the government know that if the outcome is not in their favor,that they (the government) will have us to deal with.For those of us in our graduating semester this is oh my god time what will I do if I can't graduate I can't pay my loans (to the government)I can't find a job what will I do?
To be fair the teachers have given us assurances that everything will be done to allow for us to complete our courses.As good a gesture as this is there is still that feeling of uncertainty.OK so here's the next dynamic we are all voters in this province and you got to think that our government dose not want us to be unhappy with them ...again... so think about it we're just a big carrot out there swinging in the wind both sides hoping we can do something to swing the power their way..Ya this was a bit of a rant but I'm better now..till next time.
Russ Craggs.
To be fair the teachers have given us assurances that everything will be done to allow for us to complete our courses.As good a gesture as this is there is still that feeling of uncertainty.OK so here's the next dynamic we are all voters in this province and you got to think that our government dose not want us to be unhappy with them ...again... so think about it we're just a big carrot out there swinging in the wind both sides hoping we can do something to swing the power their way..Ya this was a bit of a rant but I'm better now..till next time.
Russ Craggs.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Turned On Your Ear
As someone, somewhere once said (it may have been me just now)- power is insidious; power is present all around us. The dynamics of power exist in the minutae and the immaculate in everything in our society and in nature around us.
This example comes from a microeconomics lecture held in B519 today. It seems that RT enjoys tormenting his child in reprisal for himself being tormented- although RT puts on a valiant effort, it appears that he will never be dominant in the constant struggle for power between himself and his daughter. For instance, there was a case involving a talking dog- the event was peppered with wails from the daughter of 'daddy, I wanttttt thhhhattttttt!' repeatedly, in such a manner as to be draining on the mental and emotional faculties of RT, and anyone else in earshot.
Eventually, RT purchased the talking toy dog for his daughter in an attempt to make the wailing stop. This immediate goal was accomplished- and a day later, RT's daughter tired of the talking dog and became disinterested in its continued existence.
RT's response was to take the toy dog someplace remote... and batter it into submission with a hammer.
Score for this round? Daughter 2, RT 0.
Although, the judges did award a bonus point for the attempt to recoup power lost through the precise, calculated application of violence... against a toy dog. One can only hope that the batteries did not explode in the midst of the pummeling (some, though not I, may have called this karma).
-Paul Austin-Menear
This example comes from a microeconomics lecture held in B519 today. It seems that RT enjoys tormenting his child in reprisal for himself being tormented- although RT puts on a valiant effort, it appears that he will never be dominant in the constant struggle for power between himself and his daughter. For instance, there was a case involving a talking dog- the event was peppered with wails from the daughter of 'daddy, I wanttttt thhhhattttttt!' repeatedly, in such a manner as to be draining on the mental and emotional faculties of RT, and anyone else in earshot.
Eventually, RT purchased the talking toy dog for his daughter in an attempt to make the wailing stop. This immediate goal was accomplished- and a day later, RT's daughter tired of the talking dog and became disinterested in its continued existence.
RT's response was to take the toy dog someplace remote... and batter it into submission with a hammer.
Score for this round? Daughter 2, RT 0.
Although, the judges did award a bonus point for the attempt to recoup power lost through the precise, calculated application of violence... against a toy dog. One can only hope that the batteries did not explode in the midst of the pummeling (some, though not I, may have called this karma).
-Paul Austin-Menear
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Power
Its been more than a week since we have finished the power course. I have seen how Power works and how there is always a need and someone with abilities. Its now clear I see mechanisms of Power working. Every has many views of Power some of it is OK and most of is wrong and Power is in the needs and abilities and its not information,knowledge or money they are just mechanisms.
All in all I love the whole topic of Power and what it brings and takes away and for sure when there is power trust is destroyed I have seen the effects of it and its true. I just wanted to blog maybe one last time because its the best way to express yourself and let many people read your stuff.
Thanks
Jared just enjoying life and the whole Power dynamic
All in all I love the whole topic of Power and what it brings and takes away and for sure when there is power trust is destroyed I have seen the effects of it and its true. I just wanted to blog maybe one last time because its the best way to express yourself and let many people read your stuff.
Thanks
Jared just enjoying life and the whole Power dynamic
Saturday, April 25, 2009
What a class
Happy with Power Class
The semester has ended and I wish it could have gone forever but all good things come to a end. But looking at it I feel that this class helped me a lot and in terms of my performance as a human being I think I will make sure that from now on everything I do will be meaningful. I had been waiting for this class for almost a year and It knocked me out of my boots.
I think that everyone who has taken this class since the beginning this has the old Chinese saying that tells you that the only way to know your needs is to control yourself which in term is power. So I wish everyone the best of Luck and take care
Thanks
Jared
The semester has ended and I wish it could have gone forever but all good things come to a end. But looking at it I feel that this class helped me a lot and in terms of my performance as a human being I think I will make sure that from now on everything I do will be meaningful. I had been waiting for this class for almost a year and It knocked me out of my boots.
I think that everyone who has taken this class since the beginning this has the old Chinese saying that tells you that the only way to know your needs is to control yourself which in term is power. So I wish everyone the best of Luck and take care
Thanks
Jared
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
And so It Comes to an End
I haven't been very active in the blogging, life has a way of getting in the way of things like that :)
But I'd like to reflect on something that I took away from this course that I thought was very valuable.
I remember one day Les saying something to the effect of "some people believe that we are born happy and then life gets in the way." It got me to thinking, when are you happiest? Isn't it always when you "get away" those times when you leave life and forget everything, just living in the single moment. Vacations, wild adventures, drunken nights. These aren't attempts to live life but attempts to escape it.
It's liek we all innately know that the lives with live drag us into misery and so we reward ourselves with a break.
So why do we do it in the first place?
It begins to give more credit to those spiritual orders that claim that materialism is the devil, the lives with live make us miserable.
This is all rather odd for me to say because I'm a fairly happy person, but I feel it. I feel life stressing me and messing with my head. Do I enjoy the rush and the spin and the crazy juggling act? Yes I do! It's exciting, but could this not be the same exciting as the excitement invoked by power. The bitter sweet emotion that lets us know that we're being wronged?
Have a great summer guys.
~Ryan Kirby
But I'd like to reflect on something that I took away from this course that I thought was very valuable.
I remember one day Les saying something to the effect of "some people believe that we are born happy and then life gets in the way." It got me to thinking, when are you happiest? Isn't it always when you "get away" those times when you leave life and forget everything, just living in the single moment. Vacations, wild adventures, drunken nights. These aren't attempts to live life but attempts to escape it.
It's liek we all innately know that the lives with live drag us into misery and so we reward ourselves with a break.
So why do we do it in the first place?
It begins to give more credit to those spiritual orders that claim that materialism is the devil, the lives with live make us miserable.
This is all rather odd for me to say because I'm a fairly happy person, but I feel it. I feel life stressing me and messing with my head. Do I enjoy the rush and the spin and the crazy juggling act? Yes I do! It's exciting, but could this not be the same exciting as the excitement invoked by power. The bitter sweet emotion that lets us know that we're being wronged?
Have a great summer guys.
~Ryan Kirby
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)