What a small world we live in

The world might never be known in Totality. Diversity and discrepencies are on such extreme levels that one does not even know where to begin. On the one hand, you see wealthy western nations, with all the wealth and technology, developing third world which aspire to be like that and then you have poverty stricken nations or continents which make up a large chunk.

Watching a child living in Poverty and his ambitions, one is stunned at the convinience in which we have built our world. It can be easily said that this is another case of Administration corruption and that the rest of the world should not interfere. But, the point is that this can happen to us also, if we are not ignorant.

It is quiet easy to talk about the evils of Poverty and Apathy when Technology and wealth is within our reach. But, either bad decision making or taking wealth for granted can reduce us to that level. Ambition is curtailed if money is not presented, and no one is so charitable nowadays. The child wants to have money, to be famous, but his plight will be highlighted for only one day.

There are millions of him in the world, and all the technology will not be enough to put the spotlight on each of them. The problem with wealth is that people loose interest in the problems of life, and create their own world where problems are impenetrable. The rich will be occupied with themselves, while the poor people will continue to wait for someone to highlight their plight.

The Media is also strange. Rich people and celebrities need and at the same time dont need the media. The poor need the media but cannot access it. Also, people in the developed world are put off by these images and will not do anything about it. People will set up charities and shout from rooftops that we should care. But, ordinary civilians will say How and Why should we care.

Globalization is indeed a strange phenomenon. People all over have built their own small worlds, and are unwilling to do anything. Only a few have privilages, but the majority still lag behind. This trend will continue, as it seems too much of an ideal scenario that the wealth will trickle down to all people. That is a perfect world, and Perfection is NOT possible in this time.