Imagine a world in which car crashes could be prevented, school shootings could be eliminated, racism could significantly decline, and we’d feel better about ourselves and have greater capacities for self-respect and feelings of worth.

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We envision a world in which humans are better able to regulate their emotional and physical wellbeing by the use of an app (downloadable to both smart devices and laptops). Similar to a ~~“smart watch”~~, this app monitors heart rate, counts steps, etc. but is also equipped with an AI brain that allows it to detect our subconscious thoughts and emotions. It’ll be able to monitor our brain waves and activity and also pick up signals of developing thoughts of bias, hatred, anger, and the like.

We envision a world in which humans are better able to regulate their emotional and physical wellbeing by the use of an app, downloadable to both smart devices and laptops. Similar to a smart watch, this app monitors heart rate, counts steps, etc. but is also equipped with an AI brain that allows it to detect our subconscious thoughts and emotions. It’ll be able to monitor our brain waves and activity and also pick up signals of developing thoughts of bias, hatred, anger, and the like.

=== Potential Preventions ===

But what about when we lose control? What about when we begin developing unhealthy, biased or racial ideas about others or groups? What about when we give into the pressures of fitting in and lose our senses of self-worth and dignity?

== Education ==

=== The Raging Waters of Adolescence ===

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Adolescent years are some of the most personally-challenging and traumatic years we’ll ever face in our lives. Our bodies experience biological and physiological changes, our emotions go through constant fluctuations, and our mental wellness is tried on a continuous basis because of our changing hormones. In addition to this, our psychological developmental task during these is to begin creating our own identity and breaking away from the ones our parents created for us. It’s a time during which we’re in between childhood and adulthood, and in which we can safely begin wading through the waters of adult responsibilities without totally being held accountable for them.

Adolescent years are some of the most personally challenging and traumatic years we’ll ever face in our lives. Our bodies experience biological and physiological changes, our emotions go through constant fluctuations, and our mental wellness is tried on a continuous basis because of our changing hormones. In addition to this, our psychological developmental task during these is to begin creating our own identity and breaking away from the ones our parents created for us. It’s a time during which we’re in between childhood and adulthood, and in which we can safely begin wading through the waters of adult responsibilities without totally being held accountable for them.

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By and large, this self-identity relies heavily on our peer relationships - the groups we fit into (and hope to be included in), the ways others think of us, and the ways we perceive ourselves based on those of these influences. Adolescence is a time for us to also develop our senses of right and wrong and truth and falsehood. It’s during these years that we begin asking ourselves the “big” questions and thinking about the larger world around us and our place therein. We take risks - largely because our cognitive capacities for decision-making aren’t fully developed yet - and push the boundaries of what we once thought was possible.

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All this is good and healthy, and should be encouraged.

=== Globalization & Education ===

=== Biascope's Press Release on Education ===

==== CEO Merridan Sironka's Thoughts on how Biascope has Revolutionized Education ====

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June 5th, 2050 marks the 5th anniversary of the introduction of Biascope. Since that time, the app has revolutionized education. With over 20 million downloads worldwide, Biascope consistently ranks in the top ten downloaded apps annually.

June 5th, 2050 marks the 5th anniversary of the introduction of Biascope. Since that time, the app has revolutionized education. With over 20 million downloads worldwide, Biascope consistently ranks in the top ten downloaded apps annually.

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Before the release of the Biascope app, the education system was riddled with unconscious bias that led to both subtle and blatant forms of racism, sexism and classism.Research showed that people of colour experienced racism in the education system starting from preschool. One study showed that Black children were suspended almost four times more than White children. Psychological tests showed that teachers often had unconscious, negative beliefs about people outside their own race, gender and economic background. Young boys were often targeted for more severe forms of punishment than their female counterparts. Black boys in particular, had the harshest punishments. Other studies showed that a teacher’s expectation that a child would succeed in their classroom, often led to this result. The opposite was also true, meaning when teachers expected certain students to do badly, they did. This expectation was often tied to gender, race and class, resulting in Caucasian students of middle class homes, doing better than other groups. Although anti-bias education for students was introduced over 25 years ago, the results were not successful. While students understood the topic and successfully implemented it in classroom discussions, when examined further it was found that the results did not translate outside the classroom. Similarly, with teachers, although they received extensive anti-bias training on a regular basis, when school populations were examined in studies, a bias in favour of Caucasian students was found to exist.

Before the release of the Biascope app, the education system was riddled with unconscious bias that led to both subtle and blatant forms of racism, sexism and classism. Research showed that people of colour experienced racism in the education system starting from preschool. One study showed that Black children were suspended almost four times more than White children. Psychological tests showed that teachers often had unconscious, negative beliefs about people outside their own race, gender and economic background. Young boys were often targeted for more severe forms of punishment than their female counterparts. Black boys in particular, had the harshest punishments. Other studies showed that a teacher’s expectation that a child would succeed in their classroom, often led to this result. The opposite was also true, meaning when teachers expected certain students to do badly, they did. This expectation was often tied to gender, race and class, resulting in Caucasian students of middle class homes doing better than other groups. Although anti-bias education for students was introduced over 25 years ago, the results were not successful. While students understood the topic and successfully implemented it in classroom discussions, when examined further it was found that the results did not translate outside the classroom. Similarly, with teachers, although they received extensive anti-bias training on a regular basis, when school populations were examined in studies, a bias in favour of Caucasian students was found to exist.

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