Giuseppe Giuffre

In particular, I feel very strongly that the Protection of Dissent voices is the most important of the 8 values. It has been shown through history that drowning out those who stand against government authority leads to authoritarian behaviors. In places like russian and north korea, people are actively criminalized and even directly made an example of if they dare speak ill of their leaders. It is our duty as American citizens to call out when the people in power are using that power to hurt those beneath them, and it's important to understand that the United States is not and never will be immune to corruption. The very idea of democracy is based on the tenet that the power of the government comes directly and only from the consent of the governed, and when the people speak up against the government, they are making the fact that they did not consent to what is happening known, and they uphold the ideals of democracy all on their own. The value that feels most personal to me is th...

My most common source of news nowadays is CNBC. They’re generally considered “mainstream” and are subject to a lot of the same trappings that most news media falls into. However, they are far less polarized towards one narrative then say, Fox News for example. They’re also pretty popular, so odds are, I'll see whatever they have to say while im doing something else, and end up being relatively well informed. Stock Markets, Business News, Financials, Earnings - CNBC One of my favorite sources of news that I will actively go out of my way to find is Associated Press. They are a non profit, independent organization that gives reliable and timely info on current events. Associated Press News: Breaking News, Latest Headlines and Videos Reuters is another one of my favorites. They’re an international organization, so they’re not particularly biased towards any one country and its brand of politics. One thing that stands out about them is how reliable they are when it comes to economic ne...

Propaganda, simply put, is biased or misleading information that is spread in order to propagate a particular point of view. In the broadest strokes, it has been used throughout history by governing bodies, particularly during war time, to spread the ideals that they believe their people should follow and uphold.  Propaganda in and of itself isn’t a bad thing necessarily, even if it has been demonised in the western world. War time posters meant to boost the morale of soldiers and advertise warbonds, those are propaganda. Beer Commercials that talk about flying the American flag and being grateful for the good times our freedom allows, that's propaganda. These are all good and cherished ideas, but they are of course heavily biased towards the ideals of the United States, meaning by definition, they are propaganda used for good. Propaganda can, of course, be used to push ideas that are actively harmful to people. This is mostly seen in authoritarian countries like North Korea and Ru...

 Going into the video, I knew about the idea of Judicial Review, but I never knew the legal definition for it until exploring its origins. I also had no idea it needed to be given to the courts after their initial establishment. Given how fundamentally important the Supreme Court is in our government, I would have guessed that kind of power was given to them right off the bat. Without the power they wield from Judicial Review, the Court lacks the ability to step into affairs in different branches of government and put a stop to when the word of law isn't benign upheld.  That ultimately is the biggest take away from the supreme court, the power that they have and their unshakable role in the American government. The Court has the biggest say in what defines liberty and the word of law, it is able to step in and put a stop to corruption in nearly every facet of our government, even the president himself. Of course, the Courts are not all encompassing, they’re able to be changed ...

 A lot of the issues brought up in regards to online privacy very much affect me and my family. Facebook is the app used the most by my parents, and it's the most notorious when it comes to stealing other people's information. A recurring problem I find on my mothers facebook page is that it keeps showing her more and more extreme political posts, to the point that she's gotten very uncomfortable and scared. A problem that affects my generation in regards to privacy concerns the platform “Discord”. A few months ago, there was a massive data leak, meaning that dozens of accounts information was left unsecured. More recently, they’ve begun to roll out an update that requires you to identify yourself with ID and a photo to gain access to certain features.  I believe wholeheartedly that the government should be stepping in and truly putting regulations in place as to what sort of things these algorithms are able to do. Facebook should have an option nationwide to opt out of hav...

A.I. is something that could potentially be detrimental to the future of my work, that being game design and development. For example, A.I. can very easily learn and write in a coding language. While this could be used by aspiring developers to learn how to do things in languages they aren't familiar with, it could also be used to outright replace programmers in the industry. Triple A companies could be obliged to exclusively use A.I. for programming, in order to cut developers off their payroll.  A.I. can also be used to create art assets for video games without involvement from an artist. This is the aspect of A.I. that has considerably less potential to be helpful than simply writing code, while also being less all encompassing. For one, A.I. cannot make a fully rigged and importable 3D model, which is very much a good thing for artists in the triple a space. The vast majority of games made by large companies are 3D, and A.I currently is unable to break into the space. However, ...