Art Berman reading for Monday, Dec. 5 in English 2367. From Mike.

If you print this, only print the first 15 pages, as the rest is Comments from readers. 

Every chance to read is a chance to focus your thinking and increase your awareness on this spinning globe. 

All my best,

Mike Lohre

Here's the link:   http://www.artberman.com/oil-prices-lower-forever-hard-times-in-a-failing-global-economy/

Arthur E. Berman is a geological consultant with thirty-seven years of experience in petroleum exploration and production. He correctly warned of and predicted the housing bubble and financial collapse in 2008.

Alan Savory TED talk. From Mike Lohre

 Let's analyze the strengths and weaknesses of visionary Alan Savory's TED talk and compose active listening notes.



https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change

Journal 8- Shelby Weber

The Logical Insanity podcast was very informative and provided more background information than I had ever learned in high school. I found the podcast very interesting and enjoyed hearing more about the American side of the bombing since most historical information is only about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the beginning of the podcast, when the speaker said, "that war crime saved your life." I thought this was interesting because if one would have followed all the rules of war correctly than you would have died and many more would have died also. Some information I found amusing was that Strategic bombing was the entire basis for World War Two. Many people suspected the terror bombing before it began in Britain. The Zepplin Fleet was sent to Britain and committed war crimes killing many civilians.

German Zeppelin ship 

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Journal Eight: Katie Shower

     I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Dan Carlin's podcast "Logical Insanity." Before I listened to this I thought it would be super boring, but I was surprised to hear that it wasn't. Darn Carlin speaks so excitingly about this topic and really gives his own voice so it makes it enjoyable. You can hear the anxiousness in his voice and that's what you want as a listener. I was happy to learn more about atomic bombs. Before this chapter in class, I didn't know much about this topic, I had only heard about Hiroshima. It was interesting learning about the bombs and the effect they had on the people. It was also interesting learning about the American side of things. You know, most of the time you only hear about Japan's side and how horrible it was for them, which I agree--it was. But, the American's had a reason for doing so. President Truman decided to drop the bomb and Dan Carlin reads an exerp from Truman's diary while he was in presidency. What I thought was important was when he says "the official line was, that both of the bombs dropped on Japan were dropped on military targets, all those civilians that died were just collateral damage." I think this is significant because they were aiming for the people that were fighting against them, but of course innocent people died too because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They didn't just drop a bomb and hope it killed anyone and everyone in sight. Overall, Dan Carlin did a great job speaking on such a controversial topic and touched on things many people would be afraid to speak on.

Picture of the American plane leaving right after bombing Hiroshima 

Jessica, Wil and Sam: Walt Whitman

For your comments on Presentations:

First, write about something well done.  What did you learn from this group?  What part of the Presentation seemed the best?  Be specific, and use a specific example from the Presentation and your notes.

Second, offer constructive criticism that would help this group. What might have been more clear?  What part of the Presentation seemed the least polished?  Be specific.

Taylor and Ciera: Laura Ingalls Wilder

For your comments on Presentations:

First, write about something well done.  What did you learn from this group?  What part of the Presentation seemed the best?  Be specific, and use a specific example from the Presentation and your notes.

Second, offer constructive criticism that would help this group. What might have been more clear?  What part of the Presentation seemed the least polished?  Be specific.

Journal 8: Shel

I found the podcast, Logical Insanity, to be very interesting. What I enjoyed most about it was all the history that he had to provide along with the journals taken from Harry Truman and other leaders including German officers. The main idea behind the podcast I believe was justifying the tactics that seem so cruel during the times of war. Carlin said during the podcast that "sometimes war crimes are understandable". After that he said that it was acceptable to drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because it saved 10-15 times as many lives than it ended. The US also justified dropping the atomic bomb because it was so precise compared to the other bombs they were use to dropping. So, when they did drop it, they mainly affected the factories and said that along with the successful drop, they were also going to be innocent people killed. They couldn't have the success without any innocent casualties. He also explained the idea of carnage happens to prevent more carnage and that anything to end the war is justifiable. In the case of Hamburg in 1943, fire bombs began to show how bombs would go on to kill more and more people. Bombs were used as a forceful way to take away people's will to fight, but these bombs were so devastating that it did much more than that.

Hamburg after 1943 fire bombing that caused mass destruction and casualties