Sitting here at work the last few weeks, I've begun to wonder about what I'm doing with my life. Doing a job that is completely superficial, who's main purpose is to sell more product and benefits absolutely nobody other than lining a bunch of upper management's pockets, doesn't help. It's not the first time I've had these thoughts, and I'm sure it won't be the last.
Of the numerous professions that are available, how many contribute to society in a way, where you can go home at night and feel that you have contributed to society somehow? If we were to "trim the fat" in terms of jobs and occupations whose purposes in the grand scheme of things are useless, how many people would end up out of work? Would we be better off to have those people do other jobs where the contribution would profit not just faceless corporations, stock holders or CEOs, but humanity as a whole? I don't know, I guess it feels like there are so many "problems" in the world, and if we could all get our act together, maybe it wouldn't be so bad?
Think of all the brain power and man power that is going into things like how to build a better bomb, how to further increase profitability from already oppressed sweat shops, how to make chickens grow faster, how to market the next celebrity and the list goes on. If we could pool all those resources into things more useful, like renewable energy, sustainability planning, advancements in healthcare, research for incurable diseases, just to name a few, wouldn't the world be better? Why not place the focus back on things that really matter to humanity, shelter, the environment, education, health care and the general well being of people. The fact that the human race in general has placed its priorities so far from these essentials, makes me really wonder if there's any hope for humanity at all.
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