I. Reconsider
As you begin reading this first sentence, I want you to participate in an exercise with me. But, there are two rules you have to follow when doing this exercise. The rules are: First, you must agree with the belief that 'most' humans in general are quite faulty, whether it be in general decision making, governmental policies, business practices, or economics. Second, if you think humans are perfect in all the aspects I just mentioned above, reread the first rule. After you've fully understood and accepted the two rules, you may continue reading this article. But in case you're one of those people who don't like to follow rules, and may not see eye to eye with me, allow me to show you some examples that will enable us to do so. Take one of the worst oil spills in history of the world for instance, the BP oil spill of 2010. The world's strongest government, the United States of America, and one of the largest oil companies in the world, BP, together have failed to come up with a 'solid' solution to stop the oil leak. Mind you, the government of the United States consists of many ivy league graduates, just to point out, two of them: our president, and vice-president, who both attended Harvard University. With all due respect to Harvard, this example states that even the best institutions cannot produce 'all' answers to the world's problems.
Another example is the recent economic downturn of 2008, where the United States was in the midst of a recession, and is still struggling to keep its unemployment rate low. Now do you still think that we humans are perfect? If we were, we would already have a smart solution to stop the oil spill. If we were, we wouldn't allow thousands of American citizens to be laid-off from work. Simply, my goal in this article is to make you believe that for years to come, there will 'always' be problems of some kind. Humans will always be incapable of solving situations that they themselves have created. While we will certainly find ways to fix current problems, such as how to have a stable economy, and how to stop oil spills from occurring in the first place, we won't be able to stop 'problems' from occurring. Its simply a natural human phenomena. As long as humans exist on earth, so will problems, thus we ought to learn to live with it in order to get some fresh air from time to time.
Its a normality that ivy league students simply don't 'know' as of now what ought to be the best way to have a stable economy, or how to stop oil leaks from happening. Put it simple, this is all new to us, we are still trying to 'master' the economy, we are still trying to 'master' the oil industry. One day surely, we will have laws that will make our economy robust, and keep the unemployment rate to its lowest. Someday, the oil industry too will have laws that will keep oil spills to its minimum, and history will look back at the 21st century and say: I can't believe those idiots back then didn't know how to 'contain' oil spills, or how to have a stable economy. However, here is the twist, these people from the 23rd century who will call us, of the 21st century idiots too will be called idiots by the succeeding centuries. The pattern is simple; the last generation of humans that is on earth will always be 'smarter' than the generation that was on earth before. Think about it: How do we refer to business practices two hundred years ago? For instance, the Industrial Revolution created an era where workers had to live in horrible conditions because much of the industrial waste was dumped into the streets and backyards of the poor factory workers. Today, at least in the United States, we'd be rather disgruntled if someone were to throw a tin can on our patio. Its because we've come a long way and have developed systems that promote a healthy environment; whereas, during the early Industrial Revolution there was no such thing.
Today, we take cleanliness of streets as granted, and a human right. Similarly, two hundred years after you finish reading this article, humans will take keeping their shores free of oil spills for granted, because it is the responsibility of humans to keep the wildlife safe from themselves. Workers will take low unemployment rate for granted because it will be their right to keep their jobs, certainly the way it ought to be. Piece of advice here: Do you want to know what the world will be like in 100-150 years? Write down on a piece of paper the problems you think the world faces today, whether it be internet crime, identity theft, terrorism, bad politicians, or even economic meltdowns. These same problems will cease to exist because by then we will have been too tired of them. However, the world will still never be perfect. New circumstances will create new problems, which will be the responsibility of the respective century to fix. Here, we are back to where we started at the beginning of this article i.e. as long as humanity exists, so too will the problems. They will just be represented in a different form.
What can we learn from all of this? Well, this concept should teach us that there is always a 'better' way to do something. Since humanity is generally flawed, we should understand that our way of thinking, and decision making, at the present moment, may not be a hundred percent correct, because, of course, after a hundred years, people are going to find much efficient and correct ways to perform the tasks that we may be currently performing. This is how the world really works, its how it's supposed to.
II. All talk but no action
Your thought now may be: you're all talk, but no action. What is it really that I can learn or do by accepting the idea that we humans of the 21st century in general are quite faulty. What is it that I will get out of knowing that problems will always exist, even if today's problem may not be the same as yesterday's. What benefit can I really get from knowing that the practices we may be conducting today may not be what they really ought to be. I firmly believe, by knowing all of these notions, one can create indispensable opportunities for him or herself, and the rest of the world simultaneously. When one applies these concepts in the real world, we will begin to see major improvements in all of the transactions of the world that we currently participate in. If you ponder hard enough about it, you'll come to see that there are corruptions of all kind wherever you look. The corruption, minor or large, may be present in law enforcement, corporate actions, government, education system, and even medicine. The sad part about it is, when these such corruptions, minor or large, are finally visible to the public, the public is in a state of shock. As if it weren't really supposed to occur, whereas; those who are keen and open minded(a very small population) know that such corruptions have always existed and will continue to. Even if that which is corrupted is caught and fixed, it doesn't mean that corruption itself will cease to exist, it just means that it will represent itself in a different form, until we diagnose it as a 'corruption' at a later date. Let's take a look at few examples to make my point a bit more lucid. For instance, on April 16th 2010, Goldman Sachs, the most powerful bank on Wall St., mind you, in business for over 150 years, was accused of defrauding investors in an SEC lawsuit. To the general public, the news certainly came as shocking. However, for some, including myself, such news was expected.
---------------More sections coming. This is just a portion of what I have worked on.
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