Samrah's Stories

  After reading the “video tape” piece the quote “but this doesn’t mean that you want them to stop” (last sentence of the piece) really interested me. It made me think about Instagram Reels, and how recently  it has been flooded with a dark and gory trend where you would see at least 1-3 crash crashes every 10 reals, basically the algorithm would give you thousands of brutal car crash videos which typically included a semi-truck obliterating a family in a minivan. As we see these videos, it makes us to explore our random relationship with life and death and the unexplainable human desire to watch the content. Social media algorithms are made to be recommend videos to the users biased on the users preferences. However, the sudden surge of car crash videos on Instagram Reels seems to be more than just a problem with the algorithm, it may be representing a reflection of our complex relationship with humanity and the randomness of life. We are all drawn to the undiscovered realties life ha

  Throughout the week we have learned a lot about the benefits nature, so it still baffles me why humanity continues to trash the earth. In our current day and age, where environmental issues and mental health struggles are very prominent, the concept of rewilding and reconnecting with nature offers an extremely valid way to combat these issues. However, despite these benefits, large corporations still prioritize their own personal gain over environmental health and the lives of many people. This leads to the exploitation of natural resources, deforestation, and pollution, which only intensifies climate change and threatens biodiversity. These companies are very shortsighted and greedy, they completely ignore the long-term consequences of environmental destruction they cause. However, the reason for this disregard of nature truly lies in our corrupted economic system which values endless growth, consumption, and consumerism. In this economy nature is often seen as nothing more than a

  Like moth to a flame, humans often look for instant gratification, even when they know it won’t benefit them in the long-term. Undisciplined humans are simple minded and live off the pleasure of the moment, they strive for momentary euphoria while they flee from momentary pain. This can be shown through the lens of drugs and social media, where despite the awareness of the detrimental effects, people still use them. It’s universal knowledge that drugs and other stimulants will tear your body apart, yet why do people still consume them know the damage it causes? It’s because the they value the momentary high more than the negative health effects that will hit them later in life. They are blind sighted by the fact that their actions have consequences and just live in the moment. The addiction of drugs simply outweighs the desire to stop and removes your ability to wrestle with this akrasia. Even if they try have a little bit of self-control, their addiction is going to complete remov