Sunday, November 27, 2011

Gender Selection: Between Ethics and Science

One of the most sensitive aspect of medical science is of course the reproductive one. Technology has decreased the rate of infant mortality to a great extent. But now, a time has come where we have to decide about the use of technology in some cases. In the last few years, reproduction technology has allowed us to choose the gender of the yet to be born child and most of the time it is successful, but, it is not 100% perfect yet. So there is a risk that the child may not be of the expected gender and there might be psychological problems with the child who might think that he/she is unwanted. This is a big risk and the parents should be prepared for a child of any gender.


In many countries there are still people who believe a boy is more useful than a girl and raising a girl is a total waste of money. Therefore, this type of society is not ready for gender selection as we can see there are many countries already that have higher ratio of men in comparison to women. On the other hand we can prevent many disease to be transferred to the newborn from his or her parents by genetic engineering. It is like dynamite. It can be used to blow mountains to make highways or it can be used to kill innocents. It depends on the user. Therefore, the innovation should never stop. One thing we can do is to spread the proper use of those innovations and make those beneficial for all. This is what science and technology are for!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Meg Whitman: The Present CEO of HP and Famous Ex CEO of eBay


Meg Whitman is a very famous and old name in the field of technology. She was born in New York and graduated in Princeton University and Harvard Business School. She has been in vital position in various big technological industries like Hasbro, DreamWorks, etc. But she came to spotlight after being the CEO and President of eBay. She just did not just work in the company; she stayed there successfully for 11 long years and expanded it to an unimaginable new height. Before her joining, eBay had only 30 employees and $4 million annual revenue and when she left, it had a staggering annual revenue of $8 billion and 15,000 of employees. That shows that, Meg Whitman is not just another women who became a head of any technological company. In fact, she is the one who has made eBay what it is today.

Meg Whitman is now the CEO of HP, another big company that has nothing to be introduced. However, HP is now facing a huge pressure from every side of their business as they have some big failed projects including the catastrophic TouchPad. They have taken some huge decisions like shutting the entire hardware production and the investors are now very concerned. They have removed their previous CEO and now they have appointed Meg Whitman as their new CEO. This action shows that how much people believe on her ability. She is an icon of a successful CEO not only for the women, but also for everyone. She also joined the Giving Pledge program where many billionaires have donated a huge portion of their wealth by giving away half of her money. This list includes many famous people like Mark Zuckerberg and other famous entrepreneurs.
Meg Whitman has been a great inspiration for the women in technology and she is still doing a great job at her present position. She is not only a woman who could do, she is someone who is to be followed.

Works Cited
Wikipedia.com. "Meg Whitman." 2001. Wikipedia.com. November 2011 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman>.