The world of indifference
On Saturday, I watched the movie Slumdog Millionaire. It is a really great movie. I really enjoy the way the director tells the story.It also provide an interesting perspective about the growth of India.
On Sunday, I went to a shop opening celebration. My cousin had decided to start up a business that offers both the retailing of organic food as well as cooking classes based on such products.
For a moment, I find the world that we live in is really ironic. In one extreme we have children in the slums with nothing much to eat and have to content with a tough environment. On the other end, we have people who are so well off that they have the means to choose what they eat and to the extent specify how the food is produced.
The human species is supposely the most advanced species on Earth. Despite years of existance, discovery of new technologies and advances in communication, the diverse difference in living standards still exist. For most of us, we can easily turn a blind eye to the sufferings around us without much thought.
Is the human species as great as we think it is? Are we an intelligent species or are we simply a higher form of parasite? Or perhaps this is a reflection of Darwin theory where only the fittest survive. Is the human species meant to progress together as a whole or perhaps behind the facade of compassion, kindness and conciousness, we are simply a collection of different parasites species, willing to "kill" one another in order to satisfy our own needs.
Anyway I don't even know why I am even writing all this. I think I just need to get some sleep.
Most of us don't deserve the great opportunities we have, or the lucky breaks that got us here. The question shouldn't be, do you deserve it." I think it should be, "what are you going to do with it now that you've got it?"
