My World View
The world is full of problems. That part is obvious. How do we
solve them? Nobody knows. Although I do have a guess. First we
have to come up with what the problem is. While most politicians would
like to tackle each issue one by one, I think I'll try a lazier and probably
more effective approach. I think most of the problems troubling the global
society today come from the lack of understanding others. I think in
general, people put people that they don't know, on the same level as people
they don't like. Therefore, there is an instant dislike, and distrust of
others. Assumptions are made about entire populations based on the
characteristics of often a single individual... or worse, a non-primary
source of information about a single individual. These assumptions form
into collections of stereotypes that then become attached to a group, and are
hard to remove.
What if we aren't so distrusting of others right from the start. I'm
not saying trust anybody and everybody with anything and everything, but I do
feel that a certain neutrality should exist, at the very least. Also,
people shouldn't generalize groups, based on individuals. If these 2 ideas
are accomplished, then the ancient paranoia, fear, doubt, lack of
trust/understanding, and ignorance will begin to unravel. It won't happen
overnight, but over time, just as any long lasting revolution.
Countries are nothing but lines upon a map with which to name places, and
define governments applicable to the population in a given area. That's
it. We as human beings all belong to one society... a global
society. It's time we start thinking that way.
