On September 25th the United Nations, consisting of 193 members, agreed on a set of 17 goals that would make the entire world a better place to live in. Watch the video to find out what those goals are, or look below.
The plan is to complete each goal by the year 2030, and I think that’s pretty ambitious to think that everything that is wrong with the world can be solved in just 15 years, I mean that is more than a goal a year. Now that may seem a bit pessimistic and I would like to think that humanity could get that done, but what the UN is describing is close to a Utopian society; unlimited healthcare for everyone, businesses that aren’t just there to make money, absolutely no poverty and a bunch of other things. All of the goals that they want to achieve are the right ones, but human nature can prevent us from doing a lot of things. People have conflicting opinions, cognitive biases and different ways of life that all clash together,and slow down growth. I think that some of these goals are possible if everyone holds their, leaders, businesses and upper class accountable for their actions, because big organizations can get away with whole bunch of stuff, like using child labor, selling cures for diseases for way to much and pumping toxins out into the public. In my opinion us, as a species, still haven’t evolved enough, or learnt enough to work in harmony and solve all of the worlds problems. We only think we can.
What I plan on doing over the next month (possibly) is posting a detailed look at each of the UN’s specific goals relating to world improvement and giving my opinion on them. I will try and give anyone who reads the posts enough information to form their own opinions and to encourage them to contribute to the cause. If enough people care about the causes listed in the video I do think we can change the world, everyone is capable of contributing to the cause they just need to get up off their lazy asses and do something, anything, that will make the world a better place for everyone.
Thank You.