THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED

HIST 140

Summer 2011

By: Le Thi My Ho

THE WAY WE ARE• The knowledge of the universe comes from the past,

from different time with different problems but still affecting us

• We try to take the universe apart, we are curious, to ask questions and to change what we don’t like

• The things we do are based on what we know and the reason we are different today is because what we know is different

• If WE ARE WHAT WE KNOW then we will pass it on to the next generation and we ask them to answer questions even though it has already been answered and to test that, we give them test to reassure ourselves to make sure the knowledge and answer hasn’t failed us

• How our modern world is made up of answers and we hold on to it, influencing the way we are

• Why are we so attached to what and who we are – is it for freedom, life, liberty and/or pursuit of happiness?

CHANGE HAPPENS EVERYDAY, EVERYWHERE

3000 years ago the world is about myths, gods, nature and legends not about what the world or environment is right now

Once it took decades to change but now it changes with every new discoveries

Their view of the universe comes from the past from different time with different problems but still affecting us

Every culture, tribe, nation, group, ideology, country have this: a defense boundary, where we keep our secret and we defend that idea to death to keep it alive

Base on the change we invent modern technology and science

If that knowledge changes the universe changesWhen any system works well, we hold on to itWe protect it by turning it into a ritual and following the general

ruleWe all have a role to play and no matter what happens we will

not “rock the boat”But once the promise is broken, the court, law, tax, government

institution will run it for you

WE ARE WHAT WE KNOW

We are what we are today is what we knowWe became compulsive consumerWe want to accumulate KNOWLEDGEDynamic view: we share with common beliefs to avoid

chaosWe will understand and we know the code even if we

don’t speak the same languageWhat ever happens in nature, lines and angles will never

changeKnowledge then says that we can shake the futureWe are here today, gone tomorrow which makes us “US”

SOURCES

Film: The Day the Universe Changed