Blog 7

In this article, Weisman is talking about what would happen to the world after everyone is gone. He goes into some intense detail about nature would take over everything like houses and buildings because it would be free to grow without any human interference. One thing that really caught my attention about this subject was his statement about how everything people think is permenant really isn't. In class, Brian actually made a perfect example of this. He said that people think houses and buildings are permanent and that things like plastic bottles are not. However, in reality, buildings can easily be brought down be nature (as explained thoroughly by Weisman) and plastic bottles can't.
I liked the article, although Weisman had a certain tone against humanity that i didn't like that much. However, his intense description of a house being slowly deteriorated by nature was very interesting and I enjoyed reading it. I do not know if everything will go exactly how he says it will because I doubt he's ever sat down for years and watched a building be destroyed by nature, but I do like his imaginative ideas about it.

The Checklist

The beginning anecdote in this article really caught my attention. In fact, the whole article really caught my attention. Never in my life did I think that someone could come back to life so many hours after dying! It really amazed me to see how something as complicated as surgery could be simplified and made efficient through something as simple as a checklist. When I sat back and thought about what I had just read, I realized that this article was completely right. I make myself a checklist of the things I have to do everyday, and this honestly helps me lower my stress levels and handle my day efficiently. Now the idea that surgeons don't make a checklist is what amazed me. If they know that doing so will significantly help the survival rate of their patients, then why not make one?
How can someone, even a professional, have a list of hundreds of steps in their mind? They can't. Therefore, I believe that it i vital for people to make these checklists, regardless of the situation they are in. Through this article it is obvious how helpful they can be. It saves lives. I know that throughout my life, I will make chacklists to help me get through my days.