Economic Trends:
A. Source: https://www.eonreality.com/how-ar-and-vr-change-the-global-economics-conversation/
B. VR is becoming very important in everyday life, just as other technologies, the constant advancement has enabled us to implement VR and AR in more than one branch of the society. With the development of AVR (Augmented and Virtual Reality), the training of staff in scenarios like hospitals, the Air Force, construction, or even everyday drivers could minimize to zero the risk of training someone with heavy machinery.
C. In every single case, there are countless companies and governments that consume resources to train their staff. This could help every one of them in the process.
D. The opportunity is somewhat difficult because it has to be completely functional and has to be wanted by modern and classic consumers for it to have the expected impact.
3. I'm enthusiastic about technology and all the wonders it can accomplish if we do it right. This piece of technology has already shown a lot of potential in flight simulators and video games, imagine what it could do for every scenario we might need a fictitious world. It can even go hand-in-hand with other developing technologies like AI.
A. Sources: https://readwrite.com/2012/02/01/how_youtube_is_part_of_a_global_economic_transform/
B. I agree with what the article says, Youtube has increased its influence all around the world. It shows an opportunity as they are taking entertainment to a more personal level, everyone can make a video and show whatever they want to show to the internet. The article also talks about how they have influenced largely education, people now search for visual answers on Youtube. Even if they can't afford college, someone around the world probably has recorded entire subjects on the platform for you to see.
C. I think everyone is a consumer here. Youtube serves as entertainment, education, profession, and hobby.
D. The opportunity is relatively easy in the way that a lot of countries have internet access. Now, to make it accessible to everyone, thats a big, almost impossible problem. Dictators, governments that suppress their people, or even governments that don't have enough capital to afford this luxury, are very hard to make the product arrive at their place. In which case, much higher power might be needed.
3. I am a consumer of Youtube every-day, that's why I see how it has influenced my life. I consider myself a very curious person, the idea to leave a subject half-understood is not on my dictionary. Hence why I access the platform every day. There are other kinds of people that are not as interested in answers than me, or even that they don't like to learn through sound and image and they decide to read an article from somewhere. That might be the reason some don't see the promise Youtube is capable to have and the influence they have right now.
Regulatory Changes:
A. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html
B. Under the Trump administration, a lot of environmental regulations have been put down because it affects negatively to fossil companies around the US. Of course, this will cause a lot of damage to the environment since those regulations were there for a reason, hence why the fighting for such regulations to stay in place can be called an opportunity.
C. The environment is a "product" consumed worldwide, even if you don't "believe" in global warming, you are constantly using the environment.
D. As we are talking into going against a government, it's relatively difficult until the leader changes.
3. As I said, everyone is a consumer of the environment. If someone is intentionally shortening the life of the environment, I would notice and pay attention to an opportunity to stop it. But it depends on what kind of values you are raised with, and what you value more.
A. Source: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigration-policy-changes-two-years-trump-administration
B. The current conflict between the US government and immigration has created a need to address the cases of some immigrants. There are ethical and moral issues at hand when changing certain regulations to decrease illegal immigration to the country, but that doesn't need to be the case for families in need of help. Even though all of us understand that is impossible to accept everyone, regulations are causing more pain to people rather than helping them. I'm not saying there shouldn't be any regulations, but they have to be controlled properly.
C. All immigrants to the country would be the consumers.
D. Again, is a government, it is very difficult to go against it.
3. As an immigrant myself, I know what other people have suffered to try to enter this country and have a proper life. Countries crying for help are not being aided due to governmental and international conflicts.
Hey Juan!
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that you chose two specific opportunities which sparked my interest! You highlighted an article on how Youtube is transforming society globally and you mentioned how augmented reality and virtual reality are both advancing society today. For me personally, Youtube is a means of entertainment for me. I believe these innovations are going to change the mindset of Generation Z for the better. We all have endless access to so much!