The world really is getting better and better, page 14

reply to post by Skyfloating

I don't know, it took me a few days of recollection and pondering to come in here and tell you that I think you are wrong about the world. While I do understand that our technology, communication, and way of life is much better than say 40 or 50 years ago I don't think the world is getting better.

Natural disasters seem to be getting more frequent I don't know if this is due to world wide communications or an actual increase.

Trends in natural disasters. With growing population and infrastructures the world’s exposure to natural hazards is inevitably increasing. This is particularly true as the strongest population growth is located in coastal areas (with greater exposure to floods, cyclones and tidal waves). To make matters worse any land remaining available for urban growth is generally risk-prone, for instance flood plains or steep slopes subject to landslides.
UNEP

Sorry if it is too big.

But with that and many places are getting overpopulated so there is a bit of food shortage, shortage of medical supplies, and doctors it spells that humanity needs to do some real thinking real soon.

Now you must factor in the areas at war and full of corruption that you will never head about in the news. Places such as Guatemala where corruption runs rampant and it is a leading point to smuggle weapons into Mexico, Mexico's drug war where there is 6 people dead everyday only in Juarez, the poverty of many African, South American, and poorer countries, Japan's earthquake, New Zealand earthquake, country's on the brink of bankruptcy (some even bankrupt like Greece), the corruption of the IMF where they lend money to countries with interest rates that they may never pay back, the US debt, mass deforestation, mass animal die-offs, 2 failed wars that the US is still pouring money into, inflation, and many diseases killing people.

Of course I have just scratched the surface I didn't factor in residents affected by the BP oil spill or the fact that the next president will be sponsored by Coca-Cola due to the elimination of corporate caps on funding candidates.

Now I am not saying that people aren't trying to introduce new technologies but I think the emergence of new technology and new inventions will be muscled to the military. Which we didn't factor in the influence that they have.

So now I am left wondering again who's life is getting better? My life is pretty good but now what about the billions around the world?