Humanism and "Flat World"

Humanism, is the creation of individuality, of opinions, questioning, personality, discovering ones self, goals, dreams, hopes and fears. The flat world, is the creation of technology, competition, knowledge, and untouchables. These two forces are alike and different in many ways. They are connected because reading about one will tell you the outcome of another. Both revolutionizing how a society will work, creating different meanings of the word individual. Both creating a way of people being unique, but one having an obsession with church and the other technology. Could humanism being the base of the flat world revolution be the outcome of the flat world? Could humanism and it's meaning of individuality become a revolution once again and revolutionize the flat world? Or could the flat world result in utter loss of individuality? Reading about humanism will tell you the outcome of the flat world.

Humanism and the flat world are related by the way they became revolutions. Forces that changed the way people lived their lives to a whole new meaning of life. Humanism is the force that drove the Renaissance revolution. Technology is the force that is driving the flat world. They started a new revolution of the way people thought of themselves. Like in the flat world new technology creates new ways to communicate and that changed the way the world works together. People now think or will think in the flat world like they are just another person, not as an individual. They started a whole new way of defining the way we live our lives. Before these revolutions hit we were living our lives a different way. Before humanism we saw everyone as the same person. Everyone had the same goals, the same understanding of the meaning of life. They wanted to get to heaven and avoid hell at all costs. Humanism started a whole new way of the way we lived our lives. A different definition of the meaning of life. Everyone was one under the church and humanism forced that out and people saw themselves with a different destiny. They realized that there was more to life than living scared, being scared to go to hell. Humanism stayed with us for a long time. There might have been minor changes now and again, but there is still humanism today. The flat world is driving humanism out. Technology and the flat world are a new revolution. We don't classify ourselves as flesh today or what we are physically made of we classify ourselves as where we are from, our accomplishments, where we live, what job we have. Technology is the flat world. That is the force that will drive us to our new revolution. It is opening up doors where we can communicate and collaborate with the rest of the world. That is going to change the way we live our lives. Not only will it change the way we live though it will give life a new meaning. Some people embraced humanism, just like some people are embracing the flat world, and others won't.

Humanism created a new way of thinking of yourself as an individual outside of the church. There was no individuality before humanism. Humanism created contrasting personalities. Everyone thought for themselves and started to become opinionated. People set their own goals, and dream different dreams. Questioned things that they have always believed in. The flat world is changing the way we look at ourselves as a individual. Their revolutions are two different concepts. Individuality is given a new meaning in the flat world, it is no longer what you want to reach, your dreams, where you are in a physical sense. It is what we have or are able to accomplish, and where we live, where we are technology based, our knowledge, and our uniqueness. In the flat world we have dreams, but our dreams all lead to the same things.

One thing that these two revolutions created is uniqueness. Humanism and the flat world are all about being unique. Humanism was a way of expressing yourself outside the church. Being your own unique person, and not being the same as everyone else. Uniqueness and the flat world are very similar to the humanism revolution. In order to really make it in this world, you have to be unique. Or in other words, an "untouchable". An untouchable in Friedman's sense is someone where there job cannot be outsourced. In the flat world you cannot be average. Humanism was the coming out of being ordinary. Everyone had the same beliefs, everyone lived the same and everyone reached out for the same thing. Humanism and the flat world is where everyone reaches for different things. You know what you as an individual wants and you go after it. There are still ordinary people, but the unique, different and creative ones are the ones who make it. In a humanism world and a flat world. They are the ones who people look up to, and strive for what they have.

In the time before humanism, peoples lives revolved around one thing. The Catholic Church. They aided by their rules, everyone lived and thought and dreamed the same. They were in complete obsession with the church. Even when humanism stepped in, people were still scared. People were scared of becoming an individual. Of going to hell because they didn't live exactly to the Catholic rules. The church became a huge obsession. As the humanism revolution became longer and longer obsession started to die off. More and more people started to live their lives differently. Some even questioned the Catholic religion and believed in another, or didn't believe at all. Then the obsession shifted from the church to technology. The new flat world revolution is one big obsession with technology. You can do anything today with technology today. To make it in this world you have to learn technology. It is becoming a ridiculous obsession. You can get anything on the Internet now. If you don't have a computer at home, you could fall behind in school. Cellphones, mp3 players, laptops, high speed Internet, GPS, digital cameras, everything is technology. The obsession with technology is what is forcing this new revolution unlike how obsession with the church forced humanism.

Without humanism their would be no flat world today. We needed the shift from the Catholic church to realizing that you can reach higher goals. Now the flat world is changing that to the world of technology and defining yourself in a different way that still makes up your individuality, but in a different concept as humanism. What we can anticipate from the flatting world is a start of a new concept of individuality. Every revolution started and went through the same steps to end up where they are. The flat world will go through what the humanism revolution went through and end up with the same consequence. So, if you look at humanism it will tell you what you can anticipate and conclude from the flat world revolution.

Faustian Bargain

The Faustian Bargain is the deal Faustus made with a devil that served terrible consequence. What happened is Faustus made a deal with Lucifer, a devil and if Mephostophilis became his servant for twenty-four years and granted him whatever he wished for he would then give his soul to the devil. When the twenty-four years was up, Faustus changed his mind and wanted to repent because he realized what a horrible choice he made. What is meant by the Faustian bargain I think is what you want at the time might not be worth it in the long run. You have to pay the consequences for your actions, and if it is a bad decision you made like Faustus you have to pay for it. Sometimes people make bad choices, but Faustus waited and enjoyed his power until the last second, and that's too late. I think that Faustus got what he deserved. He abused his power by playing tricks on a Pope, and torturing Benvolio and his friends. I also think this because he enjoyed every second of his new power, until it was time to let it go and spend forever in hell. He wanted to repent out of fear, not loyalty to God.