Atai Isaev, Week 12 Reading Responses – ENG 2100: Writing 1 with Jay Thompson

Some time ago when I was studying Japanese, I realized I’m pretty bad at reading people’s names. So I searched the Internet and found this website with 5,000 most common Japanese last names and went down it trying to remember the readings. I only went down to a 1,000 and then something happened with the website and it disappeared. I couldn’t find a similar website, but after the first 1,000 I got a good grasp and now I can read names (*｀▼´*)b
One thought that kept me from sleeping a couple of days ago was: “What kind of YouTube videos does Putin watch on his phone?” All the rich and influential people have smartphones for sure and they must be using them, so they must be watching the same stupid stuff that gets recommended me.
Why do super rich people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, etc continue working so hard, even though there is really no way they could spend all their money until they die? I bet playing video games, chatting crap with your mates, just doing some hobby, or spending time with your family is way more enjoyable than working that hard.
From the standpoint of biology, why do humans feel boredom? What evolutionary advantage did it have?
I learned that some people still go to libraries to research stuff. I learned how to use keyword search for online resources like JSTOR. I learned that you could use personal experience as evidence for writing. I learned that some teachers and institutions trust Wikipedia now. I learned that many school libraries give students free access to JSTOR and other online sources. This stuff is important because it might come in handy for the 3rd major project of this class.

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