The Fishbowl

Virtual Reality: Our Digital Escape

1. “It’s getting harder to tell our own created illusions from reality.”
2. “…we can put ourselves in situations that we most likely otherwise wouldn’t be in.”
3. “Virtual reality can also be used to improve mental health as well.”
4. “But VR opens up this new lane, and we can use it to solve previously unexplored problems.”
5. “As VR technologies continues to improve, these simulations will get closer and closer to mimicking reality as we know it.”
6. “Your brain will be tricked in believing that every smell, touch, and taste is actually real.”
7. “If you were to wake up in this VR world, would you be able to tell that you aren’t in a dream?”
8. “There is going to be a day in the distant future where our virtual world seems just as complex as our day to day reality.”
9. “We will have so many different realities that it is normal for everyone to have some sort of life in these worlds.”
10.“We are the creators, not the created.”

“Theory of Assemblages” - Ted Talks


1. “So history does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”

2. “Opens up all kinds of ways for us to undermine change the way we think about.”

3. “Independence alone, without infrastructure, is futile.”

4. “It’s constantly morphing and changing the world, like climate change.”

5. “We are always searching for equilibrium in how we divide ourselves across the plant.”

6. “We are building it.”

7. “Connectivity is destiny.”

Just live!

Note the words that are evoked in you by the facial expressions (images).

Serious
Anger
Neutral

Note the images that are evoked in you by the text.

Serious : A business meeting
Anger : A tiger growling.
Neutral : Listening to a person as they are speaking.

After that, please take a look at your notings, and match them with personal, lived and experienced examples:

Serious : During this past summer at my internship, I was able to get the opportunity to sit in a real business meeting. As I was sitting there, I noticed how serious everyone looked as they were talking about future plans for the company.
Anger : I went to the movie theater with my friends to see Roar. There were parts in the movie of a tiger growling at the humans because they were trying to kill it.
Neutral : As I was speaking to my friend about plans for Friday night, I knew she was listening because she had a neutral facial expression.

Action Learning

"... developing an identity and a voice."

This phrase brings me back to middle school when I decided to run for Vice President. I knew in order to develop my identity throughout the school, I had to make myself heard. I would hand out flyers for all the student. Stick flyers that said "Vote Jessica Watson for Vice President" all over the lockers and bulletin boards. I still have some the flyers today in my house. I made a speech of ideas or plans I have in store if I become the next Vice President that everyone enjoyed to read. However, I was still nervous because there were so many other candidates running for the same position. Before we know it, elections came around and it was time to vote. At the end of the day, they made an announcement of who won. Of course VP was the last one announced. But it's ok because I ended up winning the position of VP! I was so happy and the crowd was roaring for me.