Migration

Today I learned about how human migration has shaped evolution, and as a result, the way humans became different. I learned about migration patterns of the earliest humans and that where they ended up settling had huge impacts on the way they evolved, not just biologically but socially and culturally. We also tried to sort people based on their race. This was much more difficult than I imagined it would be. Today I learned that migration is a much bigger factor in human history than I have previously thought.

Philanthropy

     Philanthropy is a really interesting topic. we discussed in our group what philanthropy is and what counts as philanthropy and what doesn't. We also discussed what we would do if we were philanthropists. It was really interesting to see what everyone else said they would do. Education and diseases were by far the most common answers. This was a really interesting because it took something that I had never really thought about and put it under a really interesting concept.

Thoughts About Sucsess

1. Opportunity
2. Skill
3. Hard Work
4. Luck

     Opportunity is the most important aspect of success because it creates the limitations on someones success. Even if someone has an abundance of the other qualities, they can not succeed unless they have a place to use them to create economic success. Skill is the next most important because it determines how up the ladder of success you can get. Hard work is next because it distinguishes individuals among their peers which could lead to more economic successes. Luck is the least important because it is too unpredictable to be considered an actual factor in success.

Supply Chain Management

       Today I learned that most modern clothing and garment companies' strategy for maintaining a competitive edge is  a concept known as "fast fashion;" a process of continuously creating new articles of clothing in order to maintain variety. This concept was coined and is still the primary business model of Zara, but is also used by H&M to a slightly lesser extent and by many other companies. These two companies alone make billions and billions of dollars annually. However, most of these companies utilize Asian labor in order to reduce production costs. Labor in this part of the world is often done with little to no regard for the safety of the workers, the only thought is the cost, as seen by the collapse of a building that was used for industrial manufacturing of clothes despite the fact it was built very poorly for commercial use. I wonder what if any consequences were faced by these corporations in the aftermath of these types of unjust labor or factory disasters.