Ch.7

In this chapter Cathy Davidson gives her definitions and shows 6 examples of what she thinks a good worker is. Her first example is how people work and live in a virtual world. In real life they look the way they do, but the next day they can change their bodies and appearances to look how they want them to. One day you can be three hundred pounds and the next day they can be an Olympic sprinter. These people are living  second life and enjoy what they do in their 3D worlds. Her 4th example is about a former Duke basketball player named Shane Battier who currently plays for the Miami Heat. He was a student before he was an athlete and was nicknamed "lego" because he made everyone around him better and put the pieces together to form a great team. He also was a leader in the classroom with a 3.96 GPA. If he wasn't drafted into the NBA he was going to become a scholar in Comparative Religion.

Cathy Davidson argument throughout this chapter I believe is that people do not need recognition for what they are doing, they just want to love and enjoy what they are doing every day. In her 6th example in this chapter she talks about a group of contractors and local construction workers in Greensboro, North Carolina who came together to build the largest Green Hotels so it was better for the environment. Also how famous players like Shane Battier do not want much recognition for their accomplishments. He was influenced by a book by John Hope called "From Slavery to Freedom" and he wanted to attend the speech that was being giving by John Hope at the Franklin center. Shane called John Hope and asked if he could attend the speech, but did not want his own local celebrity to detract from John Hope's celebration. I thought this was very mature and humble for Shane to do. Also the workers in Greensboro, North Carolina who volunteered to build one of the largest environmental friendly buildings in the world was very noble and they had to be very dedicated and love what they do on a daily basis. They put in hours of their own time with nothing in return just to better the world.