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When faced
with the feeling of being part of the void, we act out of desperation to not be
left in oblivion. Squidward, when faced with the void, demonstrates this
behavior entirely. He feels his voice fading into the abyss, forgotten below
the human threshold of hearing. Anything he attempts to emit is empty.
How would it
feel to live in a constant void? To live as if your words were empty to everyone
but yourself.
The erratic
behavior he presented after mere seconds of being unheard , is how 2/3rd's of the world
are currently living today.
My task of
picking coins from the ground and finding them a bigger purpose is symbolic
when referring to this issue. Yes, a few coins can and will go a long way in
many other aspects but this task requires something intangible–doing more with
less.
The internet, is
our most important medium of connection. This bridge between the world and the
individual, allows for many impossibilities to seem possible.
It is a resource
to acquire knowledgeable, to find necessities at a moments cost, to find people
and places, to find a better life.
What have you
not googled? Aren’t search engines the most intimate friends you hold guiding
you through life, allowing you to make mistakes but subtly correcting them
along the way. They undoubtedly make our lives much simpler, so why not share that
luxury with the world?
Currently, there
is 4.5 billion people in the world who do not know of the possibilities that
having a connection to the internet holds, but when making ends meet is your
economic status, things other than food and water have no worth.
1/3rd of the world today does not see loss in the inability for others to be connected to an endless knowledge base, that third of the world holds this resource in the palm of their hands.
Imagine a
world where the internet was available to everyone. For us, this would mean the
limitless accounts of experience from different people, their stories, what
they have to bring to the table in the sense of wisdom and much more unimaginable
contributions. For them, an opportunity to enrich their lives with endless knowledge,
medicinal resources, innovative ways to do more with less, find cheap food
resources and where to find them, shelters, safe places for their family, and
like you've heard before the list is seemingly endless oozing with
possibilities of bettering the lives of those facing economic stagnation.
Like Squidward,
he who is desperate becomes inconsolable. Unlike Squidward, this is the real
world, and in the real world, he who is being forgotten into a state of
oblivion lives in the bustling streets of India, in the slums of Colombia, or
in the populated outskirts of China, etc. You can find a Squidward in every
society, fighting against invisible forces to be heard amidst crowds of people.
If we know of
everything we know of today, because of our availability to stay connected,
imagine the limitless knowledge or experiences we would acquire from those
living so long with the aguish of empty voices and words.
We are the
ones missing out on the possibility to hear humanities cries.
Through the internet we expose others to
different mentalities, important and innovative ideas and new things.
When you do more with
less, you make room for others. You send an invitation into your world and
allow another to feel as enriched and as purposeful as you. Sharing experiences,
knowledge, and resources is what makes us human. Keeping each other connected, constantly finding ways to better the lives of those in need and
listening instead of merely hearing noise is the purpose of looking at the
bigger picture.
Imagine what the world is missing out on...
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