Author Archives: j.liang5

As of right now, our group presentation will be a slideshow with photos. Each of our role in the group would be determined by what kind of slides each of us are talking about. Our topic is gentrification and we will … Continue reading →

Thesis: Morals, which dictate what is right and wrong, are easily influenced according to the circumstance. My thesis revolves around the concept of how authority shapes the behavior of a person. This topic is highly relevant because of our studies on … Continue reading →

Quotes- This goes to show how far human beings would go to appease an authority figure. Although obedience is a necessary ingredient for society to function. Milgram focused on the darker side of obedience. I think this experiment was one … Continue reading →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUtnas5ScSE   Chipotle advertisement   Damilola Babarinde- I had to watch the advertisement three time on three different devices because i thought the colors were a bit weird. However, after watching three times, it led me to conclude that the … Continue reading →

Quote: “Two things have led to a diminished pride in workmanship. The earlier was the invention of currency; the later was mass production.” I believe this quote captures the main idea of lecture 4: The conflict of technique and human … Continue reading →

   In the twenty-first century, education takes shape in many forms ranging from sentences in a notebook to the colors of a painting, and even the numbers on a calculator. All that matters is that the knowledge is passed along … Continue reading →

The American education system is a modern display of primitive hierarchy between teacher and student. Money is the most influential factor in dictating how the U.S. government operates.

During my summer vacation, I worked as a barista at a small cafe near my old high school. I was an employee and therefore the victim of “power play” with my boss. I was working for minimum wage and had … Continue reading →

The Power of Businesses over Consumers (Johnson Liang) Apple Inc. has been around since 1976. In today’s business world, it’s one of the most powerful and influential companies. A majority of the student population in Baruch College either have an … Continue reading →

Quote: The strongest and most instinctively compelling of social groups was, and still is, the family. The family is necessitated among human beings by the great length of infancy, and by the fact that the mother of young infants is … Continue reading →