Essays on Fourth Dimension

Thesis: The current perception of time is erroneous and that we foolishly "spend" too much time on a specified activity, and the solution to this problem lies in the idea of externalism, an ideology that ‘time is the fourth dimension of nature’. The current perception of time is inclined to presentism, an idea that time is only real in the present moment, meaning that different points in time, as the past, have already passed and staged the future as a period that is yet to pass. The argument falls short on the fact that it just measures the duration ...

Ningbo’s newly completed Central Business District (CBD) belies its status as one of China’s oldest cities. The austere downtown landscape is the equivalent of architecture’s white-washed wall: a place of erasure, forgetting, and dubious progress. With the completion of Wang Shu’s Ningbo Museum in 2008, however, the Ningbo of the present is confronted by the forgotten landscape of its not too distant past. A craggy mountain of a building inspired by the region’s natural topographical features as well its unique crafts and architectural traditions, the Ningbo Museum is not simply an obligatory nod to ...

Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions address societal effects on the individual’s values and the extent to which these values shape the individual’s behavior in the society. The first dimension incorporates the Power Distance Index, in which the individuals accept the unequal distribution of power in the organization. The second dimension encompasses the Individualism vs. Collectivism, in which the societies are developed on the basis of the extent to which individuals relate to their family members. The third dimension determines the Uncertainty Avoidance Index, in which the extent to which the individuals accept uncertainty in the society is addressed ( ...