How to solve traffic jams

This week on Ted.com I watched a video which was done by Jonas Eliasson about how to solve traffic jams. Road congestion is a phenomenon that exist all over the world and Jonas Eliasson has said on his talk that self-organizing is a complex social system that is very deep inside and when you want to resolve these social problems the best way is to create incentives. Someone from stolkholm came up with a crazy idea and that is by charging drivers one or two euros at these bottlenecks and believe it or not one or two euros was more than enough to make 20 percent of cars disappear from rush hours and besides congestion charges were introduced  in Stockholm on January 2006. And after it was introduced the congestion reduced substantially as 20 percent of the cars on the streets has been taken away. The video was also discussing about the public's support for congestion pricing of Stockholm and when it was introduced in 2006 people were against it and sooner or later they changed till the extend that 70 percent of the citizens in Stockholm have started to support the congestion pricing. And the people didn't actually change their minds, they were actually comfortable with congestion pricing all along which means Stockholm has reduced traffic by 20 percent and reduced congestion by a huge number.

Week 10 (Thank You Julia)

This is my final journal for this subject and for the entire semester. I am going to miss doing this so much as it brings me a lot of joy and it does help me to unwind myself most of the time. If only I was a little precise with my time management for this task I might have done a little bit more but the amount of effort I have put in to complete all my reflective journals in such a short period of time is considered really great. I thought it was completely impossible to finish all of it but then my determination level was just so high till the extend I never chose to give up. Winning in life has and will always be my ultimate option I have proven that I do not give up easily in life no matter any kind of situation because I was made that way. Thank you Julia for always believing in me and giving me high hopes and also pushing me to the extreme core to complete all my tasks, if it wasn't for you I am sure I would be failing this subject badly. You have also taught me many things especially when it comes to essay writing, I have improved so much after all your guidance. You are a very memorable lecturer and I will never forget you. Thank you so much once again Julia. Hope we can meet in the future.

Selling condoms in the Congo.

This week on Ted.com I watched a video by Amy Lockwood which is about Selling condoms in the Congo. HIV is a well known disease and it is a very serious problem in Congo, and aid agencies have flooded the country with free and cheap condoms and yet citizens over there choose not to purchase it. There are many health issues in DRM and the main problem would be  HIV as the prevalence rate is 1.3 percent among adults. In other words 930000 out of 76 million people are infected by this HIV disease and due to the poor infrastructure of the country only 25 percent are lucky enough to receive the life-saving drugs that they need. Some amount of the drugs are supplied by agencies at low cost or maybe free of charge at times. The donor agencies implied a few messages on their condoms which are fear, financing and fidelity. Based on Amy Lockwood's perception the donor agencies had just missed out on a key aspect of marketing which is understanding who are the audience. In conclusion it doesn't really matter what you are selling, you just have to contemplate who is your customer and what are the message that is intending to convey to them in order to change their behavior.

Week 9

This week I have completed most of my assignments for all the subjects including the Introductory to Maths assignment which was very tricky because it involves a lot of statistics and data measurement. I have also learnt my lesson that time management is very important when it comes to completing assignment and homework as last minute job is very stressful. And procrastinating is a negative attitude as it might add more stress to yourself when it comes to deadlines. In my next semester I am going to be even more precise with my work management and my time management, I am also going to put a stop by being lazy and being over confident at times.

How we can make the world a better place by 2020

This week on Ted.com I watched a video which was conducted by Michael Green on how to make the world a better place. Michael Green said that in the month of September the leaders of the world had a meeting at the United Nations in New York and they have agreed to a new set of global goals for the development of the world to 2030. Back  in the year 2001, the UN agreed another another set of goals which is known as the millennium development goals and believe it or not the flagship target there was to obtain halve the proportion of people living in poverty by 2015. The target was reduced from 36% which was on 1990 to 18% which is today. It is a very drastic fall.

However economic growth seems to have really helped in the fight against poverty, but it doesn't seem to be having much impact on achieving the target of Global Goals hence there are two reasons which are the using up of easy wins from economic growth and economic growth comes with costs as well as benefits. Hence we can't achieve global goals with just economic growth and certainly not with business as usual. To achieve Global Goals, the human race has to give more attention for social progress, and really scale solutions around the world

Week 8

This was a very easy going week for me, Julia asked our class to hand in our writing portfolio 5 submission. Our group wrote about Poverty and the assignment was worth 25 marks hence I had to put in some extra effort in writing it. I referred to some tips from the website called thehungerproject.com and I have learnt a lot from this website such as the region that is suffering the most from poverty, the exact figure of people who are suffering from poverty and many more. It took me a few days to construct my essay as I had to gather a certain amount of accurate and relevant facts. Apart from that Julia has also pushed and encouraged me to complete all my assessment tasks as I have been falling behind in all these, I never fail to put in effort in all my tasks because the marks for it is really high. I have also learnt my lesson by being a more responsible person when it comes to completing my assignments.

The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power.

This week on Ted.com I watched a video about The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power. Benedetta Berti is unique in the sense that she doesn't focus on the headline-grabbing activities of groups like ISIS but instead she looks at what they do when they're not committing atrocities and she also shows why counter-terrorism strategies must not focus purely on the military system. In the past years wars used to be between states but it is now between states and non-state actors. And armed group these days are more complex organizations, this is because  they set up a political party, a social-service network, and a military apparatus to increase their power and control. Besides they also set up complex communication machines such as TV channels, Internet Websites and social media.

And armed groups also never fail to invest in complex fund raising, setting up low-key businesses for an instance construction companies and etc. Besides they also build stronger bonds with the population by investing in social services such as building schools, run hospitals and they also set up vocational-training programs. Moreover terrorist groups are hard to defeat because they fill a gap left by the government, and they never fail to rise in both armed and political, engage in violent struggle and provide governance.