Perhaps it’s time to mark down the problems we face today around the world. Someone or me can pick these up later and analyze what has happened from now to then.
I would like to group them in 3 categories. I call them: the problem of global warming, the problem of mutation of bacteria, or healthcare simply, and the problem of greed.
Global warming is caused by the harmful CO2 gases that we the human created to damage the ozone layer. It is also caused by the widespread deforestation that we have done. The replacement rate for the trees that convert the CO2 to oxygen is much slower than the rate that we take them off the surface of the Earth. Effects of the global warming are huge. Melting of icebergs at the poles (North and South) rises the sea level and reduces the arable land area for not just humans, but the innocent animals. Weather has become more unpredictable as the nature adapts to the change in ozone layer. Tectonic movements are as usual until a relationship between them and the sea level or weather is found. Another effect is the rising temperature. This in turn results in fewer species among the animal and plant. As for the humans, more energy is required to keep us cool and a vicious cycle has been created.
My dentist friend once told me that the rate at which bacteria or the micro organism mutates would one day exceed the rate at which human can create anti-bodies or vaccines. I saw similar articles on the papers and believed this to be the fact. In recent years, we humans are troubled by pandemics, related to influenza. It is still unclear the actual causes of these. I feel that we, humans, play a big part in this. The way we feed the animals, pass the sickness to them or do tests on them have an impact. We have created mad cow diseases, bird flu, swine flu (not this time though) and etc. The real victims are the animals themselves. They themselves have not the ability to build immunity to such diseases. Every time I see a bird or monkey picking the food we leave behind, I wonder if how their body “system” will react to such food, especially artificial or chemically produced ones. It’s not their fault really. In their world, the basic rule is: the fittest survives. They have to feed on anything they can find. They have adapted well so far, as I can see. There are no more trees where they can build nests (not to say communities) with. Instead, they find holes or make use of exterior design of buildings. These are just 2 (still many others there) types of animals we are talking about here. Anyway, the point is we must be reminded of the fact that it’s a matter of time when a pandemic will hit us really hard. So, think hard on how we can stop this…
Lastly, I would like to continue to rub salt on the recent Financial Crisis wounds. This is pretty much attributed by the thing we called greed. I think it might have begun many years ago when the Forbes’s published the World’s Richest list. I remembered myself following the list every year. At the start, it was a mixed feeling of amazement and admiration. As the top list didn’t change much for a while, more details had to be covered in the publication and this helped me (in fact, everyone of us) to understand better how these guys got there. It did change part of me then. Suddenly, it struck me that I can follow the same steps and be like them. So, I embarked on a long journey to realize the dream of being rich. Yes, I tried and tried, but I only become older and further away from that dream. I know of friends who are in better position but they are still like me, a great, great distance away from those guys in the list. I realize I am sharing a common dream with a lot of people out there. I am not sure if I have a problem, thinking in this way. I am only know that I always wanted more and more the next time. Perhaps it’s just the nature of human race. I have no idea how I can cure this problem of mine (or anyone) or whether such problem can ever be solved.
Today happens to be 9/9/09 which sounds like 999 or the universal emergency telephone number. Maybe it’s about time for the world to call for help.
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