I agree with her take on science being the best indicator for potential. The problem lies in the fact that there are so many people who will look scientific data in the face and say it’s wrong with no real reason why. This then holds our progress back tremendously.

I think most dystopian novels I’ve read have been anti-utopian which is why I don’t think they can ever exist.

I imagine this reason of thought is half of what leads to doctors needing to legally follow an ethical code of conduct when performing experiments on people.

I never thought about this effect of constant yet unknown yet known surveillance. Thus is actually such an interesting concept. Because it’s not watch you know that scares you it’s The Who’s watching that I don’t know about that causes the fear.

I’m not sure that I’m actually reading this properly but if I am I’m interpreting this sentence as the crows are people who do the dirty work of their society and are essentially disposable to them. This reminds me of how people treated “essential workers during the pandemic.

Laws aren’t always just, however, without them there is no common moral ground which leaves room for way more injustice than a society lacking laws.

I think I agree with this too an extent as this technically ,outside of mutually assured destruction, is why world peace came about after so many wars because there is a greater power than most that is recognized by many which is the U.S.

I think this is so funny but true. Especially with children. Reminds me of my parents rule that if everybody wants something, but everybody can’t have it then nobody will.

I'm a fairly cynical person, but even I don’t believe man is inherently this evil. Why does the aggression leads to humiliation and murder? Who did he study to get to this conclusion?

This paragraph has truly astonished me. The more I read the more I see why psychology teachers leave Freud out of their curriculum.

Where did this theory come from? I'm so confused as to how we got to that point. Is he saying that man discovered sex and the reason we gave families is simply so men can continue having sex?

This escalated so quickly. Describing man as God like due to inventions is a lot in my opinion.

This argument reminds of the social media posts where people express their want to live in a different era which I just don’t agree with. I think it’s interesting to know that no matter the technological advances we make it will never be enough to stop some people from saying they’d rather live in a different era of the assumption technological advances have deteriorated societal values.

Why do they still consider their civilization superior if they so easily admitted that the civilians in the places they “discovered” where objectively happier than their own?

I’m glad that the author included cultural imperialism as a means of oppression because it heavily relates to the inability of many oppressed groups to change dynamics in situations such as the workplace because they can’t socialize with those in power due to their otherness.

The idea that autonomy and independence being the ultimate level of achievement being based on the male need to compete and gain authority makes complete sense. Especially, when looking at who most of our societies norms were determined by. I think it’s also worth looking at wether this is isolated as a gender dichotomy or does racial/cultural background also play a large part.

On pg 45 when discussing the theory that getting rid of groups helps with oppression, I’m glad the author disagreed with that statement. I think that’s the ideology behind a lot of ideas or statements such as “I don’t see color ”. The notion of eliminating groups is an attempt to ignore the issue at hand instead of looking for a solution because as the author stated, the groups formed aren’t the problem, it’s the lack of respect for them.

Pages 38-39 Young goes on an interesting note about society not using the word oppression enough. I find that idea so interesting seeing as though black people at least since the 60s have consistently used the term oppression to describe their plight in American society.