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Nate Kenny Journal Entry 8             So for my project 3, no I hadn’t quite written a paper like that before. I have done research papers before of course, but I can’t remember writing a paper 8 pages long before. I think the topic I picked was good for two reasons, firstly because I genuinely interested in it. But also, because your biggest enemy when writing a paper this long can be running out of things to talk about, and with my topic there are almost endless ways you can take it so that was never really an issue for me regarding everything surrounding electric cars. I also don’t want to make it sound like this is the paper to end all papers or anything because I’m sure in two years I’ll be writing something that makes this project look like doodles or notes in comparison. But as far as what I’ve written up to date, yeah, It’s the longest.             As far as str...

Writing Journal 6 Nate Kenny                 So, regarding my Project 3, I’ll start with talking about the introduction because that’s something I hadn’t had much progress on as far as ideas yet, until really last class I came up with something. I’m thinking of using a stat but also drawing a comparison to when cars were first invented and how there were skeptics, particularly before the turn of the 20 th century, how most people didn’t think “horseless carriages” would be a permanent solution and how they would die out. And now our world is revolved around cars so, this could be a similar type of shift. Granted a lot of visions don’t work out in the automotive industry, (weren’t we supposed to have flying cars by now?) but the electric car market has the most probable cause to succeed of anything blueprint since gas cars first went mainstream. So drawing that comparison and hopefully finding at least o...

Nate Kenny                 For this entry I’m just talking a lot about project 3. I can’t remember writing a paper this long before, so this is going to be a challenge but at the same time good because I know there will only be more papers coming at this length in the future. I think just having enough information to spread out over the 8-10 pages will be important and why I really will need to take a thorough look at my sources. I have 4 main points already but I’m going to need to get about a page and a half of information, at least, out of each point to talk about, and I think I should be able to do that.                 The rebuttal is something I’m looking at because I do feel there are a few solid arguments refuting my claim on electric cars. I’m going to have to do more research into them as I’m pretty confident I can debunk t...

Nate Kenny             In response to a lot of the things surrounding the Alan Watts video and “Self, Society, and our Stuff”, there are a few things to bring up. Firstly, everyone is different. That’s the main factor here and to say that it’s universally true that money or material possessions in life don’t equate to happiness I don’t think is fair. I’m not saying this is true for myself, but for some people, and this isn’t something that’s difficult to experience firsthand. Some people have the goal in life, or at least appear to have the goal, to acquire as many or as nice of material possessions as possible in life. And that gives them a sense of fulfillment or purpose. I’m not going to say that translates to happiness specifically, but it’s a situation that’s just too different for different people to definitively say money ≠ happiness for everyone.             I wi...

Nate Kenny                 I’ll talk about our project two for a little bit. I do appreciate letting us pick our own topics with essentially no restrictions as long as it can fit within the project guidelines, definitely gives me more motivation to do it if it’s something I’m genuinely interested in or curious about. I still need to narrow down more ang get more specific but I’m going to do a topic involving electric cars. Around how feasible they are in the near future and should companies and governments be investing more in the infrastructure for them than traditional gasoline cars. I think there will be a lot of sources out there for points of references including a lot of peer edited sources. But the two main topics I think I’ll be looking at right now include the advantages to current car companies investing in electric technology more and more. And the advantages for governments putting down more infr...

At a Cubs Reds game in Cincinnati  - 2008 I'm a sports fanatic. Ever since I was a little kid I've been raised playing and closely following different sports. It's been a predominant factor in who I am today and what I value and enjoy currently. A young Messi Sports have been a part of humanity for almost as long as human have existed. The intensity and competition are things that have filled a certain competitive edge that a lot of us have. One of my most disliked phrases in regards to high level sports today is "It's just a game man." These people miss the point entirely. Yes it a black and white aspect it is just a game, but that's not why people love it. How certain sports teams do can affect people's moods and other things throughout their week. It gives people something to be passionate about or proud of. I'm going to share how my life has fully embraced these things. The Past: I started playing youth organized sports at age thr...