As I was waiting for my flight to go to Florida over the break, I picked up Wired Magazine. I have always thought Wired was an excellent news source for technology news as well as technology culture. This one article really stuck with me though. As humanity expands we really push for newer and better technology. We want newer game systems that can render graphics that make the real world look a little less grand, we ask for newer phones that can predict what we want to say before we say it. But while these technologies are useful it doesn't necessarily benefit humanity as a whole. When I saw this graphic, provided by Wired, I was in shock by the fact that Diarrhea, Malaria, Preterm Births, and Lower Respiratory Infections were some of the leading causes of deaths in the world. All of these things are preventable diseases that can be treated and cured and others just require medical attention. And as Wired put it, "40% of that toll results from disorders that could be avoided with basic medications, clean water, and neonatal care." It is quite eye opening to me that while what we take for granted is something someone in another country or area my take as a kingly gift or life saving gift.
In the end we really need to come together as a whole. Things are getting the media's eye that really shouldn't such as celebrity baby names and Walmart horror stories. If people cared more about treating illnesses or coming up with solutions to clean water crisis in other countries we most likely would have solved them by now and made them self sustaining. As a hopeful up and coming technology journalist. I hope I can shed some light on companies and technology products that deserve to be known to the world because they actually help the world and its people.
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