Issue 143: "Artists should pay little attention to their critics.* Criticism tends to undermine and constrain the artist's creativity."
PARTLY AGGREE
1. It is true that sometimes criticism undermine and constrain the artist's creativity.
2. But criticism doesn't always undermine and constrain the artist's creativity.
2.1 makes them understand the disadvantages and shortages of their thoughts
2.2 in order to show they are right, some artists will work harder and create many great artworks
2.3 some artists will ignore the criticism and continue do as they like and still create great artworks (Van Gogh)
3. Whether criticism will undermine and constrain the artist's creativity depends on how the artist view the criticism (positive & negative)
Conclusion: Artists should sometimes pay some attention to their critics with a positive view.
Issue 89: "Leaders are created primarily by the demands that are placed upon them."
PARTLY AGGREE
1. It is true that some people become leaders because the world demands them to be.
2. But demand doesn't indicate one can become leader.
2.1 People who are demands should have certain qualities and opportunities
2.2 Demands sometimes can destroy a person instead of making him or her a leader
3. Demands sometimes just are opportunities and people who are demand should catch this opportunity and train themselves to get certain abilities and qualities.
Issue 195: "The goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal, but rather the search for common ground and reasonable consensus."
PARTLY AGGREE
1. It is true that politics should aim to search for common ground and reasonalbe consensus
1.1 without common ground and reasonalbe consensus, no politician can get enough support to lead a country or a party
1.2 common ground and reasonalbe consensus can improve unity of the members of a organization
2. But an ideal for politics is also important for a polician
2.1 an ideal can help a polician to get and keep a goal for his or her politic career
2.2 an ideal can prevent a polician from compromising to any request.
3. A politician should keep an ideal as well as search for common ground and reasonable consensus and try to keep an balance between them.
Issue 196: "Technology creates more problems than it solves, and may threaten or damage the quality of life."
PARTLY AGGREE
1. It is true that technology create some problems which may even threaten or damage the quality of life (enviroment problems, high-tech criminal, nuclear weapon)
2. But it is not proper to say technology is the main cause of these threaten and damage.
2.1 the main goal of technology advancement is to improve the living quality of human beings not to destroy it.
2.2 the damages which technology creates are mainly caused by misuse or abuse.
3. We should view technology objectively.
3.1 admit that technology will bring some damage and threaten and try to reduce them
3.2 continue to promote the advance of technology to improve the living quality of all human beings.