We are not living in the world we used to know. Advances in technology and transportation enabled unprecedented mobility. The world population and it's arcane mindset is outgrowing / outpacing the natural resources that we are able to harness and wisely use. People live in closer proximity, millions crowding into mega cities; governments which are tax hungry sacrifice quality of living to attract more and more people, to create the "local economy" so they say.

 

People which discerning minds, who can think, then extrapolate, will find that our human race, is headed for a collision course with it's own existence.

 

Today, we see the parasitic growth of a materialistic society, the ill effects / stresses of tunnel syndrome competition, slave-driving (many will be familiar with this modern version of slavery), the erosion of quality of our lives e.g. super-sardine-crowded city transportation being purported as a "good thing", lost neighhourliness, weak family values, spoilt children, all kinds of wastages (food, industrial products - throw away generation), mentally deficient inconsiderate people, intolerance and poor understanding of different religions/cultures, loss of graciousness, rising tide of the population control switch of god / nature - homosexuality (I am not against them, it is just my personal observation, in fact they are one of nicest people to be around with), financial mismanagement + professional lies + double standards from corrupt powers (invading other countries for oil, military positioning and protection of their currency, under the pretext of weapons of mass destruction), environmental mismanagement by poorly educated leaders (not materialistic education, but that of ethics & righteousness) & governments. The acts and/or omission of the world's greedy and poorly educated leaders, cause the innocent millions to suffer in slowly accelerating burning hell that they create.

 

All the signs are here, staring straight into our eyes. Ignore it and our future generation will say, which generation lived this "slash and burn" world . . how could they have turned a blind eye. . . Are there still people in power who are righteous and brave?

 

We live in the world which is so densely populated in so many areas, with such efficient warfare technology to kill each other, and with such efficient communication speed (Internet), that whatever little mistakes or wrongdoings, spreads at the speed of light, and is amplified a million fold. 

 

Let alone big mistakes. The world knows. Those who attains wealth at the expense of the environment / others, we know who you are.

 

Think of how many millions will die or affect if we as humans ignore or condones on our suicidal direction. A righteous US Senator, El Gore, has thought of that and taken action, and he communicates it in his presentation "An Inconvenient Truth". 

 

But the facts are clear, we are already moving along the wrong highway, slowly but surely to our extinction. A good start would be the global overhaul of the education system, if we can't fix it and are so darn useless, at least give ours kids a chance.  4 new subjects are needed / to be emphasized in schools (the old ones still STAY). 1. Geography and Religion (understand other people's believes & diversity, for goodness sake). 2. Moral standards, communications, critical thinking (self explanatory). 3. Financial fundamentals (Kids come into contact with and spend money they moment they go to school, what makes us think we do not need to start educating them about the basic principles? or do we know it ourselves?) 4. Time & resource management (time is more precious than money, so why is it absent from the education system??). 

 

We need a few good men, globally, to stand up against the gigantic mental bankrupts . .  the time has come again for heroes. Great men and women, where art thou? Please stand up.

 

KK Ong

 

p.s. Very soon, mega cities can bounce back to the suburbs, as work virtualization begins to be a commonly understood word. Today the importance of virtual over physical reality is growing fast amongst the new information technology economies. Very soon, it will be part of life to work more virtually, as the ratio of physical to virtual rebalances itself. Mental capacity and making things happen virtually, will become a growing piece of our daily economic activity (When entire suburbs are wired and enjoy a better quality of life compared to stressed out unhealthy cities, there will be a reverse migration back to the suburbs, which will once again rise to the occassion, to support life, flanked by matured advance technologies)