Which ones feel most important?
1. Protect Dissent
The most important value for me is No. 8, Protect Dissent. I believe that everyone's opinion is valuable and matters, however, with social media it feels as if my own opinion doesn't matter, and that if I do speak up and speak my mind on a particular topic, I will receive backlash and hatred for an opinion that I should feel confident sharing without anyone minimizing me. We are in a world that is so accustomed now because of social media to minimize others' opinions and make them feel as if their opinion doesn't matter. For some odd reason it seems as if people think everyone should think and believe the same as them. However, God created everyone uniquely different meaning no one person(s) acts the same or thinks the same so it confuses me as to why certain people feel the need to minimize someone else's opinion just because it doesn't align with their opinions. Whether an unpopular opinion or a popular opinion, every opinion matters and is important because the First Amendment protects our free speech.
2. Promote Tolerance
This value is equally as important as No. 8 Protect Dissent, and both are actually very similar. Promoting tolerance is when you are accepting and appreciative of backgrounds different from yours and what you are accustomed to without having any prejudices towards that person. Promoting tolerance is a tool for fostering peace within a group or community despite differences amongst people. Tolerance is the foundation for freedoms and universal human rights enjoyed by people. These freedoms include beliefs, viewpoints, and opinions as promoting tolerance's goal is to understand and encourage different freedoms such as beliefs and viewpoints in hopes of a more togetherness society. This is important to me because I want a society that is inclusive and respects' one another's differences because every belief, viewpoint and opinion is unique and important because this allows people to feel more respected, inspired, and valued.
3. Promote Innovation
I see this value incorporated in today's society a lot now especially with the rise of social media because many social media users use the platform to promote and encourage ideas, products, services, etc. This is also extremely important if we can create a society that values improvement, innovation and breakthrough methods and ideas because of the positive culture this will bring if we start inspiring others to create ideas of innovation in our society. Promoting innovation is crucial for economic growth because the economy can't grow if no one is coming up with new ideas that create concepts that improve efficiency, effectiveness or meet needs throughout society. Promoting innovation is done and accomplished through the first two values I discussed in promoting tolerance and protecting dissent. Without acceptive and being appreciative of others' backgrounds, beliefs, opinions, etc, then promoting innovation can't be done, however, if we are supportive of others' beliefs and opinions, then promoting innovation can be accomplished.
Which one resonates and feels most personal to you?
1. Individual Self-Fulfillment
This value resonates and feels most personal to me because of my strong desire and value in individual self-fulfillment. Self-fulfillment is crucial for every individual in life because individual self-fulfillment is all about accomplishing the personal goals that you have set out to achieve and accomplish, and that is done by aligning actions with and individuals values, goals and aspirations. If individual self-fulfillment is accomplished this brings about happiness within an individual, and can also spark the previous value discussed, promoting innovation. I am very goal-oriented and driven so this value resonates a lot with me because of my spark of happiness, and deeper sense of purpose that I gain when I meet my personal goals in life.
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