Academic Subject: Various Innovations Utilized in Cars Today

Topics Inventory
1 Academic Studies:
Personal interest: cars
Academic subject: various innovations utilized in cars today
Possible topics:
"Future car technologies and how they will change the way we commute"
"Will hydrogen cars ever go mainstream?"
"Uber and GrabTaxi: will they be able to maintain their business in the long term?"
2 Social issue
Personal interest: Education
Social issue: Education in the United States is no longer serving its purpose as children are developed academically too early, but they are unable to gain the life skills they need
Possible topics:
"The current state of education in the United States"
"What is wrong with the current educational system in the United States"
"The US educational system vs. the Finland educational system: A comparison"
3 Scientific subject
Personal interest: virtual reality
Scientific subject: technological singularity
Possible topics:
"Are we ready for technological singularity and its consequences?"
"How far away are we from technological singularity? A survey of various technologies already developed in the past 5 years and how they can affect our current civilization"
"Is it possible for artificial intelligence to overtake the human race?"
4 Cultural background
Personal interest: indigenous people
Cultural background: indigenous knowledge systems
Possible topics:
"The scientific basis for various American Indian practices in agriculture"
"Land and the American Indian: Why indigenous peoples need their ancestral domains"
"Does the common American understand the role of American Indians in the history of the country?"
Controlling Idea Statement
Enthymeme: Technological singularity is near, but we are not yet ready for this advance because the changes we will be facing are so significant, we will have to start rethinking about our most fundamental values. Not doing so will give certain human beings to control the rest of the world and we will all be contending with a power that is almost impossible to deal with.
Short Proposal
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