I feel like the work environment being typified as a 'men's' environment, and thus aggressive and loud does a disservice to both genders. That implies that only the men who are loud and disrespectful will advance. This should change to help both genders.
A lot of times when our guest speaker was sharing experiences and oppinions, there were scoffs from people in the class. It bothered me that even here at BYU there were people who just believed it was women complaining.
One person sarcastically remarked "well garbage trucks are driven primarily by men, why don't we strive for equality in that industry?" That isn't our industry. We should be trying to improve where we are rather than pointing our finger elsewhere as an excuse.
Should we be pushing for gender and race equality in all things? Are we ignoring the point that there ARE differences in genders and cultures that lead to different interests?
Is Computer Science such a focus for 'getting everyone involved' because of its high profile and income levels?
I feel like gaming isn't as problematic of a time sync as was discussed in class.
Services like twitter seem as ill-prepared to handle online harassment as the current police force and laws. They need to be unafraid to make a stand to protect their users.
My wife and I consistently spend a lot of time on the internet. However we have noticed that this sometimes causes problems, and we've been working on this (mostly getting me to spend less time =P)
It's difficult to determine when you're spending too much time on the internet, especially when your job/social/hobbies are all on there. This gets even harder when you work from home, so you can have an excuse 24/7 to be on the internet.
I don't understand how people can consume the internet primarily from a mobile platform, but it seems that's where trends are leading towards.
Is the amount of time we spend online truly bad? Or is it just different and because of that we're having issues adjusting to it?
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