dear daisy,
we are all complicit in the crimes of humanity and the upheaval that are happening around world. it is really bothersome that we are living in an orwellian dystopia with mass surveillance, injustice and inequality becoming part of the social fabric. i think aging has a lot to do with the way i look at the world now, orwell, atwood and many accomplished scholars produced masterpieces by the tender age of 30s following accounts of ebbs and flows in lives. maybe someday i will too. this journey is part of educational process. anthony bordain's kitchen confidential was published when he was about 40 and loosely based on orwell's down and out in paris and london. it helped to launch his career as food traveler and a wonderful human being, touching many souls from walks and alleys of lives.
i am writing from london, a couple of blocks away from the famous address 221b, baker street, home of the famous detective, sherlock holmes. somehow the ambiance feel like dickensian christmas. the dark alleys branching from wonderful brightly lit christmas lighting placed number of rugged homeless and rough sleepers carrying cardboard asking for food and a little money to settle with the cold and hunger. there are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. it is unfathomable that hunger and poverty is an issue in one of the richest countries in the world. to london, the place where many of world's richest and billionaires live - the situation draws greater attention to inequality and the need to effectively tax the richest.
unlike before, london is grim with uncertainty due to the outcome of the recent GE result. i don't know what no deal brexit will bring to commoners like me. the current government of UK have not settled with Grenfeld and Windrush, and yet they are embarking into much bigger problems concerning many of its residents are from european countries (EU and non-EU) and other commonwealth countries.
the youtube is playing news from aljazeera. the world in the past weeks had been a stage of bloodbath, racism, misogynista, historical and factual denial and hysterical. it is not surprising how people can be reduced into such extent. information is expensive and trading commodity. not many people have the access to newspapers and the internet. many of the free flow information are either designed to manufactured consent, corrupt or to sell products. for that reason alone, it is a must that we defend internet neutrality.
a few weeks ago i shared an article from the washington post about the harrowing situation of cobalt mining for lithium ion battery in democratic republic of congo.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2Fgraphics%2Fbusiness%2Fbatteries%2Fcongo-cobalt-mining-for-lithium-ion-battery%2F%3Ftid%3Dsm_tw
yesterday, the guardian reported that apple, google, tesla and many other companies are getting sued for their implicit conduct and profited from the labour of children and adult, who were forced to work in dangerous conditions that causing severe injuries and morbidities, life long health issues and ultimately death.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/16/apple-and-google-named-in-us-lawsuit-over-congolese-child-cobalt-mining-deaths
i use many of the products by the mentioned companies for years, and the issue raised by the washington post is not new, but the lawsuit is. it is difficult to extricate ourselves from technology and it is also difficult not to think about the unscrupulous acts and crimes to obtain materials necessary for the technology. it is always a moral dilemma. it is a good thing that this lawsuit is happening. it always take someone kind, concern, brave and altruist to pull strings to bring down inhumane practices of multinational companies. i wonder, what role could i have taken? i am guilty all the same. i do my best at keeping my electronics for longer use and only change my phone at every 3-4 years. and yet this is not enough. i am rooting for this lawsuit to win so it could pave way to sustainable, safe and greener future.
my wish, may you spare the children and adult in your thought and prayers whenever you thinking of buying new gadgets for this coming sales.
we are all complicit in the crimes of humanity and the upheaval that are happening around world. it is really bothersome that we are living in an orwellian dystopia with mass surveillance, injustice and inequality becoming part of the social fabric. i think aging has a lot to do with the way i look at the world now, orwell, atwood and many accomplished scholars produced masterpieces by the tender age of 30s following accounts of ebbs and flows in lives. maybe someday i will too. this journey is part of educational process. anthony bordain's kitchen confidential was published when he was about 40 and loosely based on orwell's down and out in paris and london. it helped to launch his career as food traveler and a wonderful human being, touching many souls from walks and alleys of lives.
i am writing from london, a couple of blocks away from the famous address 221b, baker street, home of the famous detective, sherlock holmes. somehow the ambiance feel like dickensian christmas. the dark alleys branching from wonderful brightly lit christmas lighting placed number of rugged homeless and rough sleepers carrying cardboard asking for food and a little money to settle with the cold and hunger. there are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. it is unfathomable that hunger and poverty is an issue in one of the richest countries in the world. to london, the place where many of world's richest and billionaires live - the situation draws greater attention to inequality and the need to effectively tax the richest.
unlike before, london is grim with uncertainty due to the outcome of the recent GE result. i don't know what no deal brexit will bring to commoners like me. the current government of UK have not settled with Grenfeld and Windrush, and yet they are embarking into much bigger problems concerning many of its residents are from european countries (EU and non-EU) and other commonwealth countries.
the youtube is playing news from aljazeera. the world in the past weeks had been a stage of bloodbath, racism, misogynista, historical and factual denial and hysterical. it is not surprising how people can be reduced into such extent. information is expensive and trading commodity. not many people have the access to newspapers and the internet. many of the free flow information are either designed to manufactured consent, corrupt or to sell products. for that reason alone, it is a must that we defend internet neutrality.
a few weeks ago i shared an article from the washington post about the harrowing situation of cobalt mining for lithium ion battery in democratic republic of congo.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2Fgraphics%2Fbusiness%2Fbatteries%2Fcongo-cobalt-mining-for-lithium-ion-battery%2F%3Ftid%3Dsm_tw
yesterday, the guardian reported that apple, google, tesla and many other companies are getting sued for their implicit conduct and profited from the labour of children and adult, who were forced to work in dangerous conditions that causing severe injuries and morbidities, life long health issues and ultimately death.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/16/apple-and-google-named-in-us-lawsuit-over-congolese-child-cobalt-mining-deaths
i use many of the products by the mentioned companies for years, and the issue raised by the washington post is not new, but the lawsuit is. it is difficult to extricate ourselves from technology and it is also difficult not to think about the unscrupulous acts and crimes to obtain materials necessary for the technology. it is always a moral dilemma. it is a good thing that this lawsuit is happening. it always take someone kind, concern, brave and altruist to pull strings to bring down inhumane practices of multinational companies. i wonder, what role could i have taken? i am guilty all the same. i do my best at keeping my electronics for longer use and only change my phone at every 3-4 years. and yet this is not enough. i am rooting for this lawsuit to win so it could pave way to sustainable, safe and greener future.
my wish, may you spare the children and adult in your thought and prayers whenever you thinking of buying new gadgets for this coming sales.
