The Future of Energy is Nuclear

An item of mass destruction is our way to 0 emissions and a prosperous life of energy usage. When you hear the term, “Nuclear”, you’d normally think of things like; Death, Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Tsar Bomb, Fat man, Little Boy, Manhattan Project, The Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis. Nuclear energy gets a bad reputation due to its history of being used for war to end wars or to threaten mass genocide by using these tools of war. However, nuclear energy has become a very sustainable industry to produce power in a controlled environment, and people need to understand this concept.

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Christopher Taratko
The Truth About Video Games

How would you feel if you just got home from a bad day and just want to relax and play video games with your friends but your mom won’t let you because she read an article listing how video games damage your children? Sadly, this is the harsh truth for many kids across the world. Parents will see something online or just have their own beliefs thinking that video games will harm their children, in reality they are taking away a huge source of entertainment and learning from them.

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Nick Constant
Government Use of Technology to Interact With Citizens

We live in webs, and just like spiders, everything around us is connected. This is especially true when it comes to a government and its citizens. And although the United States Government relies heavily on law enforcement and physical barriers to interact with citizens, technologies such as cameras, cell phones and television play a significant and defining role in the interaction between citizens and government. This substantial role is due to the easily accessible and widespread nature of such technologies and the reliance of law enforcement and physical barriers on said technologies.

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Ryan Cook
Social Media and the Pitfalls

Social media is the catalyst to the rise in mental health issues and cyber bullying. Every year, more and more, children are being born with phones at their fingertips. Social media puts an abundant amount of pressure on teenagers which causes them to develop these detrimental mental health issues. Society already has its toxic stereotypes. Now add the element of social media. It can cause the impressionable, teenage brain to become a whirlwind of toxicity. Always thinking about how you’re supposed to look and act. Mental health plagues all ages. To decrease rates of mental health issues in teens, parents need to take necessary precautions with the developmental technology that their children have easy access to. Necessarily, mental health cannot be disintegrated, but parents can help minimize the potential development of illnesses and harmful cyberbullies.

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Valerie Norden
Listening Devices are all Ears

Listening devices have become an accessible and inexpensive item that helps with daily tasks. Listening devices such as the Amazon Alexa and Google Cast are hands free devices that work with a simple que word. Shouting the word “Alexa” or “Hey Google” launches you into a world of information with just a simple voice activation. Some people would see at home listening devices as a score but most don’t know the consequences of these devices. These listening devices record you and collect data that most people aren’t aware of. But some see these listening devices a thing of the future with tremendous advancements in technology. The projected path of America with the rise to intelligent technology is full government monitoring with the government just taking advantage of the citizens. With technology the government will take civilian surveillance to the next level with these listening devices with the driving force of wanting to maintain control over the people. Listening devices are a way to monitor and listen to the people but with a sleek cover as an advancement of technology to benefit the people's daily life.

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Shannon Shaw