I completely understand the need to find life on other planets, let me explain...Earth has failed its people, please refer to our fellow humans in Chad (they suffer the world's lowest life expectancy at a measly 50 years of age) - is it any wonder we seek life on Mars. Humans cannot provide a semblance of equality in life expectancy, yet we can make endeavors in space. If that is too difficult, maybe trimming military budgets can be a useful tool in prioritizing the essence of human dignity.
No better than on my birthday, to get me excited about life expectancy. I am fortunate to get to the age of 37 (for trivia buffs, it happens to be the median age of Americans). I got thinking, to reach this age in Chad is to be considered a pensioner. Next time you gloat about your birthday on social media, take some time to remember our friends in north-central Africa (and to all those struggling for a fair go at this thing called life).
In the West citizens bask in the glory of prolonging their lives, (in most cases with the aid of drugs and machines). Instead of forcing ourselves to get every last drop of life out of our walking corpses, it would be much more advantageous to find ways to raise life outcomes for those in peril. If the world sleep with a conscience knowing that in some parts age 30 is considered a pensioner, whilst others take up hospital beds to simply survive to triple figures is not a befitting of the human race.
Newsflash: we have no choice on the country we are born in, this is the cold hard truth. The height of cruelty is thumbing our noses at the plight of a mass of humanity for simply being born in the wrong place. That's right people, we're all connected, no matter what borders try to tell us about locking out people from the shared experience of earth. Why should we simply shrug our shoulders and say: 'problems at home take precedence'. It's immoral for us to discriminate against certain problems, simply because it affects strangers from faraway lands.
There is no magic pill to solve the life expectancy epidemic, however to simply understand that many of the unlucky ones among us have no say in their plight, should ring alarm bells. If we can impart the knowledge of a more inclusive global society into future generations, just maybe, we won't frown at the downtrodden wanting what they are entitled to: a quality of existence that we often misuse in the developed world. Alternatively, let's build walls and high-five our superficial existence - excuse me, as I mourn the passing of planet earth.
No better than on my birthday, to get me excited about life expectancy. I am fortunate to get to the age of 37 (for trivia buffs, it happens to be the median age of Americans). I got thinking, to reach this age in Chad is to be considered a pensioner. Next time you gloat about your birthday on social media, take some time to remember our friends in north-central Africa (and to all those struggling for a fair go at this thing called life).
In the West citizens bask in the glory of prolonging their lives, (in most cases with the aid of drugs and machines). Instead of forcing ourselves to get every last drop of life out of our walking corpses, it would be much more advantageous to find ways to raise life outcomes for those in peril. If the world sleep with a conscience knowing that in some parts age 30 is considered a pensioner, whilst others take up hospital beds to simply survive to triple figures is not a befitting of the human race.
Newsflash: we have no choice on the country we are born in, this is the cold hard truth. The height of cruelty is thumbing our noses at the plight of a mass of humanity for simply being born in the wrong place. That's right people, we're all connected, no matter what borders try to tell us about locking out people from the shared experience of earth. Why should we simply shrug our shoulders and say: 'problems at home take precedence'. It's immoral for us to discriminate against certain problems, simply because it affects strangers from faraway lands.
There is no magic pill to solve the life expectancy epidemic, however to simply understand that many of the unlucky ones among us have no say in their plight, should ring alarm bells. If we can impart the knowledge of a more inclusive global society into future generations, just maybe, we won't frown at the downtrodden wanting what they are entitled to: a quality of existence that we often misuse in the developed world. Alternatively, let's build walls and high-five our superficial existence - excuse me, as I mourn the passing of planet earth.
