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    WEEK 1: TWO CULTURES  

       Snows' concept of two cultures did not become prevalent in my life until I attended UCLA. UCLA divides the campus based off the Left and Right side of the brain. Therefore, the more science and math based courses are located on one half of the school and the more arts and humanity based courses are located on the other half. I am a Financial Actuarial Mathematics Major with a minor in Gender Studies. I have the ability to have a dose of both cultures. In Snow's reading I can relate to the tedious and time consuming of dealing with my Math and Sciences courses that I have taken. I understand Snow's prediction that there is a middle gap between the two cultures and that bringing them together is fragile, but I also agree with Vesna's idea that there is a third culture that combines the two cultures.

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This image represents the two cultures on campus

There is a divide between the two cultures and an issue that I read about in, "A Dangerous Divide", explained that the lack of understanding was from both sides is an issue. 

Iphone 6s

For example, in today's society an IPhone is pretty popular. Both cultures are considered when manufacturing and advertising the phone. The scientific and technological advances made for an IPhone have to relate to the sociology and humanities of what society expects the phone to have. An IPhone as well as Androids have a voice command/system embedded in the phone that enables voice communication. The combination of human language and technology to produce the voice shows the connection of the third culture mentioned by Snow. As well as the finger print unlock option for IPhone. The ability for the phone to capture a single human print to allow access to the phone is a socially technological advancement, representing how both cultures fuel one another to advance society.

The three cultures

Before reading these articles and watching the video from David Bohm, I would of never looked at society in this light. I do not separate the world and things around me as science or humanities. After the reading I now realize the difference between them but I also see how well they come together and that without one, the other would be meaningless. 

References

Snow, C. P. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. New York: Cambridge UP, 1959. Print.

Vesna, Victoria. "Toward a Third Culture: Being In Between." Leonardo. 34 (2001): 121-125. 

Print.Bohm, David. "The Implicate Order." YouTube. N.p., 7 July 2008. Web. 03 Apr. 2016

Williams, Christopher. "Academy EBriefings." A Dangerous Divide. The New York Academy of Sciences, 29 July 2009. Web. 01 Apr. 2016.

Bohm, D. "On Creativity." JSTOR. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Oct. 2013.

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