This week talks about forecasting world trends and the methods used. However one thing we must remember is that no matter which method we use to forecast trends, we must be ready for any "wildcards" happening. This simply means that we must be prepared for the unexpected. Expectation is always good, and the one of the ways to forecast the future is to actually see what we can improve today.
Look into the future to see what you can change, and what you want to achieve. This thought of mine during the lesson was surprisingly in line with what Benjamin Franklin said. He said, "look before, otherwise you will find yourself behind." There is a necessity to look forward, if we want to improve what we already have today. Otherwise, others will define the future for you. This mentality I would say is the mentality of leaders and visionaries. Where great people who wanted to change something badly in their day, through no small effort of theirs, managed to fight the odds and achieve great change. Writing about this reminds me of a previous lesson where we discussed the traits of leadership and management.
Indeed forecasting the future is such an important factor in deciding where we humans want to propel the world economies to go, that mega corporations also have a departments just to analyse the current situations and plot plans on how to achieve their future goals in the future climate. There is indeed uncertainty for the future climate, and hence intrinsically bring uncertainty to their plans for achieving their goals. That is why, forecasting the future is such a big business. Businesses like Siemens and Nokia as we have seen in class, treat these methods of forecasting very seriously. By having already the tradition on envisioning the future, can these corporations move forward to where they are. The teams of visionary has already helped shaped these companies into the powerhouses in their industries today.
We too learnt how to envision the future. For our TWC Individual report, Prof reminded us once again how it should be done. Envision the future we want it to be. Find a problem today that is hindering us from progressing to the future we want. Then come up with solutions for change that will enable us to reach our goals for the future.
Through this lesson, I have realised more the importance of envisioning the future. Anticipate and lead the change you want for a better future. Only by taking stewardship for change, can one truly make the future his own. For anything in the future you want to achieve you have to start with the change or game plan you have devised. If you truly hope for change, do take the initiative, after all, the future is where we are going to spend the rest of your life. Do you not want a future that is truly yours?
7/10 lesson was a tad technical, however the many provoking questions that came up in class really made this lesson a pretty stimulating one for the mind.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Session 9
This week's session was about future and emerging technologies.
The main point I got through this session was that when it comes to new and emerging technologies, we are only limited by our imagination. With our current development in the realm of new technologies and coupled with our innovation and creativity, the sky is our limit. Although that statement "the sky's the limit' may one day be used in the opposite sense of the original intent. This holds a massive truth in our current situation in the technological arena today. We have developed cures for multiple diseases that used to plague our humanity, we have transcended the depths of the oceans and explored what so many before us have only dreamed of doing. We have sent drones and satellites into space to observe distant worlds. The sky's the limit could one day mean the opposite, meaning we only dreamed of the sky; the day will inevitably come when we are able to travel to distant worlds and find alien cilivisations, where our wants for ever more energy can be fulfilled. Are not all these fueled originally from man's imagination? Men from our past have dreamed the things we are achieving and doing today at no blink of an eye, what more for future generations who look back?
Einstein, one of humanity's most ingenious specimens, through ONLY his thought experiments could come away with certain rules that formed the grounding for modern physics. It is then rightfully his that he should mention that 'Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world and all that there ever will be to know and understand.'
The lesson that we went through touched on some of the new technologies that were emerging, and these new technologies, we must constantly remind ourselves are just the tip of an iceberg. Many new technologies are constantly emerging, because the human race are a race that have the ability and the resources to make dreams reality. What we dream today, as what people dreamed in the past would be fulfilled in the future. Just like how it was man's dream to fly, and we have fulfilled it. Like how it was man's dream to communicate over long distances, we have fulfilled it via the creation of the internet, video conferencing. However there are of course certain dreams not yet fulfilled. How we cannot get transported over long distances instantly unlike our images that travel from across the world in a split of a second. How we cannot yet travel to other worlds without considerable risk and time.
It was of course a pleasure watching the new and merging technologies that prof introduced to us. Like the development of claytronics, where it is possible to change the shapes of real things into something else, a shape of a honda in to a ferrari was something we joked on. We dwelled into the topic of robotics where there was a clear message being driven across. As robotics become more advance, where they are starting to replace human limbs, and where they can help us in areas of repetitive jobs, they too have come to a phase where they could replace humans in their emotional attachments. What do I mean? The video also shown to us showed the "perfect woman" The brainchild of a japanese and a frenchman. It aims to create a robot advanced enough to provide emotional attachment for a man, in a facade of a woman. The message is then, will robotics have the potential enough to not draw a clear distinction between human and robot? The answer I believe again, is how much we are willing to let our imagination run. How much are we willing to risk for the creation of an object that could one day turn into an object of desire? Will then, there be problems arising from all these? If so, how?
All these questions are worth giving a thought for. The presentations too presented some developments and a peek into the new and future emerging technologies. Virtual reality was dwelled upon, and so was fibre optics. However, as radical as how our imagination puts us for the frontier of developing new technologies, the presentations I felt was abit lacking in creativity of this particular area, wherein a sense, it was not as revolutionary as one would want it to be. Indeed that was the only comment I had, because the presentations were thoroughly well thought and executed, but if one would be presenting on new and future tech, would one pick fibre optics as revolutionary when most undersea internet cables are already using fibre optics? Perhaps one again, could pick on something so insanely new and revolutionary that will being forth an age of new technological marvels.
Technology development is a tool to bring hope to our humanity. A tool to propel humanity into the future. If a person from the distant past saw what technology we are using today, wouldn't he think it was so magical and revolutionary? It is my hope that I can live to see the new future technologies that will awe me, that will save me from creative damnation. From prof's fav poet, "There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing." If we long it hard enough to have the passion to create something new, we will do it, and I do hope that it will be for the better for humanity.
And for the person from the past, a quote from Arthur C. Clarke "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
The lesson was abit dry, but it was a thought provoking lesson. I really liked the "moments of truths" or "little enlightenments" that came to me during the course of the lesson! 8/10!
The main point I got through this session was that when it comes to new and emerging technologies, we are only limited by our imagination. With our current development in the realm of new technologies and coupled with our innovation and creativity, the sky is our limit. Although that statement "the sky's the limit' may one day be used in the opposite sense of the original intent. This holds a massive truth in our current situation in the technological arena today. We have developed cures for multiple diseases that used to plague our humanity, we have transcended the depths of the oceans and explored what so many before us have only dreamed of doing. We have sent drones and satellites into space to observe distant worlds. The sky's the limit could one day mean the opposite, meaning we only dreamed of the sky; the day will inevitably come when we are able to travel to distant worlds and find alien cilivisations, where our wants for ever more energy can be fulfilled. Are not all these fueled originally from man's imagination? Men from our past have dreamed the things we are achieving and doing today at no blink of an eye, what more for future generations who look back?
Einstein, one of humanity's most ingenious specimens, through ONLY his thought experiments could come away with certain rules that formed the grounding for modern physics. It is then rightfully his that he should mention that 'Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world and all that there ever will be to know and understand.'
The lesson that we went through touched on some of the new technologies that were emerging, and these new technologies, we must constantly remind ourselves are just the tip of an iceberg. Many new technologies are constantly emerging, because the human race are a race that have the ability and the resources to make dreams reality. What we dream today, as what people dreamed in the past would be fulfilled in the future. Just like how it was man's dream to fly, and we have fulfilled it. Like how it was man's dream to communicate over long distances, we have fulfilled it via the creation of the internet, video conferencing. However there are of course certain dreams not yet fulfilled. How we cannot get transported over long distances instantly unlike our images that travel from across the world in a split of a second. How we cannot yet travel to other worlds without considerable risk and time.
It was of course a pleasure watching the new and merging technologies that prof introduced to us. Like the development of claytronics, where it is possible to change the shapes of real things into something else, a shape of a honda in to a ferrari was something we joked on. We dwelled into the topic of robotics where there was a clear message being driven across. As robotics become more advance, where they are starting to replace human limbs, and where they can help us in areas of repetitive jobs, they too have come to a phase where they could replace humans in their emotional attachments. What do I mean? The video also shown to us showed the "perfect woman" The brainchild of a japanese and a frenchman. It aims to create a robot advanced enough to provide emotional attachment for a man, in a facade of a woman. The message is then, will robotics have the potential enough to not draw a clear distinction between human and robot? The answer I believe again, is how much we are willing to let our imagination run. How much are we willing to risk for the creation of an object that could one day turn into an object of desire? Will then, there be problems arising from all these? If so, how?
All these questions are worth giving a thought for. The presentations too presented some developments and a peek into the new and future emerging technologies. Virtual reality was dwelled upon, and so was fibre optics. However, as radical as how our imagination puts us for the frontier of developing new technologies, the presentations I felt was abit lacking in creativity of this particular area, wherein a sense, it was not as revolutionary as one would want it to be. Indeed that was the only comment I had, because the presentations were thoroughly well thought and executed, but if one would be presenting on new and future tech, would one pick fibre optics as revolutionary when most undersea internet cables are already using fibre optics? Perhaps one again, could pick on something so insanely new and revolutionary that will being forth an age of new technological marvels.
Technology development is a tool to bring hope to our humanity. A tool to propel humanity into the future. If a person from the distant past saw what technology we are using today, wouldn't he think it was so magical and revolutionary? It is my hope that I can live to see the new future technologies that will awe me, that will save me from creative damnation. From prof's fav poet, "There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing." If we long it hard enough to have the passion to create something new, we will do it, and I do hope that it will be for the better for humanity.
And for the person from the past, a quote from Arthur C. Clarke "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
The lesson was abit dry, but it was a thought provoking lesson. I really liked the "moments of truths" or "little enlightenments" that came to me during the course of the lesson! 8/10!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Session 8, week 9
Hello everyone, back again. Recess week was not that refreshing! haha, and this week was my twc individual oral presentation! oh wells, this week's lesson was about energy, past present and future. After doing the readings, it was pretty clear that fossil fuels would one day be depleted. And also that it was crucial for us, if we do not want to live in an energy-less world, that we would have to somehow find alternative sources of energy to fuel our need for power. Prof also echoed this sentiment that "the days for fossil fuels are numbered, renewable energy will fuel the next industrial revolution.
The lesson went through some different types of renewable fuels and some of the measures that governments are taking to address the problem of the depletion of fossil fuels and how they are hurting the environment. Energy today is being traded as a commodity, and energy sources such as oil are often priced too low, because they usually rely on human sentiment and also because we do not take into account what externalities we give out to the environment, thus people are compelled to consume more, especially developed countries, because they can afford the costs of this "cheap" energy. That is reason enough to see why that the average american consumes up to 60 times more energy than the normal man in China or India.
Because most developing countries' goals is for better economic growth, oil rich developing nations like nigeria would hence be willing to sell their oil for a cheaper price than the developed nations like UAE and Saudi Arabia. The energy security for the buyer country can thus be fulfilled, without spending too much, this too is another reason why there is the perception that energy is trading below its real costs. With 95% of their economy dominated by this oil trade, countries like nigeria, trying to develop and fund its infrastructure as much as possible, before their oil runs out is entirely probable because, as history has shown, when oil prices rise, the world would always then turn to other forms of greener energy and research, hence this is another reason why we are facing the crisis that we are seeing today.
However, on my personal opinion, I do feel that this fossil fuel fight is over-rated in some sense. This is because, understandably, fossil fuels have been the main source powering our world for industrialisation. The world has too many other problems to solve rather than fighting for each others fossil fuels. This is supported by the fact that there are many projects that try to cut down on the use of fossil fuels and in fact replace them fully, just that we humans have been to comfortable with the usage of fossil fuels as our main source of energy. Examples of these renewable energy resources would be the bioethenol/biofuels project in south america, and the solar energy mega project that is happening in munich, germany, where people are getting paid to provide clean solar energy to others. In fact, Prof mentioned that of the 3.85 M EJ the sun provides a year for the earth, only 0.00015% of it is needed to sustain our energy needs. The problems we should be focusing on, in terms of energy consumption would be to provide energy for the rural and the poor. Efficient energy is usually not available in such areas. They use primitive methods to make energy, such as using biomass to cook. These methods are really dirty, and in fact on their micro level in relativity is actually alot more harmful than just burning fossil fuels. Providing them with new tools, such as solar panels to harness the sun's energy would be alot better, being more efficient and cleaner.
The point of solving the world's energy needs in my opinion is not a large hurdle to cross, it is just because that we have become too reliant on fossil fuels providing us with energy that we have become worried because of the lack of it. But humans, having adapted on the earth for so many thousands of years, surely we have the ingenuity to come up with different replacements for fossil fuels that is cleaner and better? And thats what people have been doing. The presentations this week show exactly that. From harnessing osmosis power to algae power and nuclear power, it is obvious that we will solve our energy needs without fossil fuels. For a cleaner and greener world, fossil fuels is not the way to go. Let us embrace this mentality, and march forward to the day when we will have renewable and sustainable energy for all. The days for fossil fuels are numbered. Renewable energy will fuel the next industrial revolution. And with our ever increasing ingenuity, that day is inevitably drawing closer...
The lesson went through some different types of renewable fuels and some of the measures that governments are taking to address the problem of the depletion of fossil fuels and how they are hurting the environment. Energy today is being traded as a commodity, and energy sources such as oil are often priced too low, because they usually rely on human sentiment and also because we do not take into account what externalities we give out to the environment, thus people are compelled to consume more, especially developed countries, because they can afford the costs of this "cheap" energy. That is reason enough to see why that the average american consumes up to 60 times more energy than the normal man in China or India.
Because most developing countries' goals is for better economic growth, oil rich developing nations like nigeria would hence be willing to sell their oil for a cheaper price than the developed nations like UAE and Saudi Arabia. The energy security for the buyer country can thus be fulfilled, without spending too much, this too is another reason why there is the perception that energy is trading below its real costs. With 95% of their economy dominated by this oil trade, countries like nigeria, trying to develop and fund its infrastructure as much as possible, before their oil runs out is entirely probable because, as history has shown, when oil prices rise, the world would always then turn to other forms of greener energy and research, hence this is another reason why we are facing the crisis that we are seeing today.
However, on my personal opinion, I do feel that this fossil fuel fight is over-rated in some sense. This is because, understandably, fossil fuels have been the main source powering our world for industrialisation. The world has too many other problems to solve rather than fighting for each others fossil fuels. This is supported by the fact that there are many projects that try to cut down on the use of fossil fuels and in fact replace them fully, just that we humans have been to comfortable with the usage of fossil fuels as our main source of energy. Examples of these renewable energy resources would be the bioethenol/biofuels project in south america, and the solar energy mega project that is happening in munich, germany, where people are getting paid to provide clean solar energy to others. In fact, Prof mentioned that of the 3.85 M EJ the sun provides a year for the earth, only 0.00015% of it is needed to sustain our energy needs. The problems we should be focusing on, in terms of energy consumption would be to provide energy for the rural and the poor. Efficient energy is usually not available in such areas. They use primitive methods to make energy, such as using biomass to cook. These methods are really dirty, and in fact on their micro level in relativity is actually alot more harmful than just burning fossil fuels. Providing them with new tools, such as solar panels to harness the sun's energy would be alot better, being more efficient and cleaner.
The point of solving the world's energy needs in my opinion is not a large hurdle to cross, it is just because that we have become too reliant on fossil fuels providing us with energy that we have become worried because of the lack of it. But humans, having adapted on the earth for so many thousands of years, surely we have the ingenuity to come up with different replacements for fossil fuels that is cleaner and better? And thats what people have been doing. The presentations this week show exactly that. From harnessing osmosis power to algae power and nuclear power, it is obvious that we will solve our energy needs without fossil fuels. For a cleaner and greener world, fossil fuels is not the way to go. Let us embrace this mentality, and march forward to the day when we will have renewable and sustainable energy for all. The days for fossil fuels are numbered. Renewable energy will fuel the next industrial revolution. And with our ever increasing ingenuity, that day is inevitably drawing closer...
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Session 7
This week's lesson was the second part on biotech revolution. It concentrated on the 2nd most widely used application of biotech - on agriculture. Yes biotechnology 2nd largest application is on agriculture.
The readings generally told us about the need for biotechnology to grow crops. This is because, to feed a growing world population, more crops must be grown. With biotechnology, crops that can withstand droughts, floods, carry higher nutrition would be favoured over traditional non-transgenic crops. Hence the need for biotechnology. With biotechnology, crop output would also get higher, in fact, shockingly enough yes, to feed the world in 2050, you will need an increase of 70% of food production today. It is calculated that 20% of the increase is going to come from more arable land, and 80% from the increase in food crops. Hence, we can see that biotech must play an integral part in increasing food supply for the next 50 years.
A viewpoint I came across was the fear people associate with transgenic foods. How it will/may have repercussions that we cannot see right now. For those organic foodies out there, can you deny that you have never eaten transgenic/GM food? Oh please, seriously. In fact many of our products we eat, if they are from the US, most probably WON'T tell you that its transgenic. Only the Europe people.:) But I mean our seedless grapes, our sweet oranges, our favourite Mr Bean soya bean, rochor tao hway, are all GM food. Soya bean that has gone to make these yummmy foodstuff, most probably, if nearly not all certain, was already GM-ed. So we come back to the class, and there was this lively debate, and the verdict turned out we should just consume GM rice too. I mean even in our readings, Nobel Laurette Norman Boulaug commented that the risks involving consuming GM food should not be a concern, but rather, feeding the people who are starving should be the main point. I mean, if GM food can solve the world's food crisis shouldn't we aim to make it safer rather than trying to go organic and NOT solve humanity's first concern?
Oh yes, one thing I noticed about the GM food hoo-haa is the one on money issues. Yes, GM crops are made by private sector, lots and lots of red tape to overcome, intellectual property issues about who owns the modified genes etc. Frankly speaking, I don't even see a problem in countries not having enough "money" to feed their people. It is because of rampant corruption and greed in the level of the policy makers, I feel that food never reaches where its supposed to reach. International aid is so readily available. Ask and you shall receive. Really. So with the concerns about people not being able to farm their food, because of draught etc, and need for more hardy crops, thats why they need biotech to provide them with these crops (I'm talking about countries like bangladesh) I feel although yes, it is definitely a problem, I don't think that the local authorities are doing enough to help people in their situation. I may be wrong, but currently with the rich poor divide in nearly every country widening, maybe the richer people could/should/would have enough resources to actually help?
Another solution was from Prof Shahi.He believes that the rural environment is getting overcrowded. I mean, we all can think of many reasons why its getting overcrowded. Being from a rural environment, you would not have proper education. Without proper education, you wouldn't know much. From Maslov's hierarchy of needs, it states that sexual experiences is a basic need. So we know why there is overcrowding. More people, less plot of farm land for each person. Prof Shahi recommendation was for them to migrate to urban areas. Although uncertain, with opportunities in the urban areas, doing odd jobs etc, the money gained could be used to translate to more food for themselves. With less people in the rural areas, rural people will have bigger land to farm with and that would translate into more profits with more crop yield. And then they can afford machineries. and then lead to more crop yield. and then better crop seeds, and then more crop yield! and everybody wins. But being human, although this is an option, alot of us don't want to move out of our comfort zones, and thus I believe that if the authorities were to ever think of this solution, they must provide solutions to the unique situations each individual faces. The stress of urban life, or the toil of rural life.
Ultimately, in the future, with the world population growing, the only feasible and viable option is for biotech to solve this problem. The future of farming will no longer be just uneducated people farming. The future of farming will be scientists who with their knowledge and expertise of farming, and GM crops and optimal conditions create an environment more suitable for growing crops. These 'farmist' will be the future of farming. it is really a high tech and high value approach to farming. with economies of scale, food production hence will become cheap, and this is ultimately what we hope to achieve to solve humanity's problem of starvation.
There was this point on if the whole word goes vegan, there will be still sufficient food. However I felt that that was like really unrealistic. 60% of crop output in the US goes to feeding livestalk. If there is a demand for more expensive food, there will always be a supply. If people cannot afford to pay, no one will feed you. This is human nature. Yes, even though with all the advancement in farming tech to create more food etc, I believe that even in 2050, people will be starving even though there would be more than enough food produced to feed the world's population. Now too, people are wasting so much food. How many thousand tonnes of food go to waste every year? In my personal opinion, I would think that there is sufficient food to feed the world right now, but then people are still starving! This is not a food scarcity problem! This is a human perception problem. No matter how much we try to increase food production, if we do not change our human perceptions to be better and more altruistic, there will still be starvation even when men have found life on other planets!
7/10 lesson. Presentations were pretty good, however I felt that at some points in the lesson, talking about agriculture was a tad too stifling... But overall, at least I thought about stuff more! :)
The readings generally told us about the need for biotechnology to grow crops. This is because, to feed a growing world population, more crops must be grown. With biotechnology, crops that can withstand droughts, floods, carry higher nutrition would be favoured over traditional non-transgenic crops. Hence the need for biotechnology. With biotechnology, crop output would also get higher, in fact, shockingly enough yes, to feed the world in 2050, you will need an increase of 70% of food production today. It is calculated that 20% of the increase is going to come from more arable land, and 80% from the increase in food crops. Hence, we can see that biotech must play an integral part in increasing food supply for the next 50 years.
A viewpoint I came across was the fear people associate with transgenic foods. How it will/may have repercussions that we cannot see right now. For those organic foodies out there, can you deny that you have never eaten transgenic/GM food? Oh please, seriously. In fact many of our products we eat, if they are from the US, most probably WON'T tell you that its transgenic. Only the Europe people.:) But I mean our seedless grapes, our sweet oranges, our favourite Mr Bean soya bean, rochor tao hway, are all GM food. Soya bean that has gone to make these yummmy foodstuff, most probably, if nearly not all certain, was already GM-ed. So we come back to the class, and there was this lively debate, and the verdict turned out we should just consume GM rice too. I mean even in our readings, Nobel Laurette Norman Boulaug commented that the risks involving consuming GM food should not be a concern, but rather, feeding the people who are starving should be the main point. I mean, if GM food can solve the world's food crisis shouldn't we aim to make it safer rather than trying to go organic and NOT solve humanity's first concern?
Oh yes, one thing I noticed about the GM food hoo-haa is the one on money issues. Yes, GM crops are made by private sector, lots and lots of red tape to overcome, intellectual property issues about who owns the modified genes etc. Frankly speaking, I don't even see a problem in countries not having enough "money" to feed their people. It is because of rampant corruption and greed in the level of the policy makers, I feel that food never reaches where its supposed to reach. International aid is so readily available. Ask and you shall receive. Really. So with the concerns about people not being able to farm their food, because of draught etc, and need for more hardy crops, thats why they need biotech to provide them with these crops (I'm talking about countries like bangladesh) I feel although yes, it is definitely a problem, I don't think that the local authorities are doing enough to help people in their situation. I may be wrong, but currently with the rich poor divide in nearly every country widening, maybe the richer people could/should/would have enough resources to actually help?
Another solution was from Prof Shahi.He believes that the rural environment is getting overcrowded. I mean, we all can think of many reasons why its getting overcrowded. Being from a rural environment, you would not have proper education. Without proper education, you wouldn't know much. From Maslov's hierarchy of needs, it states that sexual experiences is a basic need. So we know why there is overcrowding. More people, less plot of farm land for each person. Prof Shahi recommendation was for them to migrate to urban areas. Although uncertain, with opportunities in the urban areas, doing odd jobs etc, the money gained could be used to translate to more food for themselves. With less people in the rural areas, rural people will have bigger land to farm with and that would translate into more profits with more crop yield. And then they can afford machineries. and then lead to more crop yield. and then better crop seeds, and then more crop yield! and everybody wins. But being human, although this is an option, alot of us don't want to move out of our comfort zones, and thus I believe that if the authorities were to ever think of this solution, they must provide solutions to the unique situations each individual faces. The stress of urban life, or the toil of rural life.
Ultimately, in the future, with the world population growing, the only feasible and viable option is for biotech to solve this problem. The future of farming will no longer be just uneducated people farming. The future of farming will be scientists who with their knowledge and expertise of farming, and GM crops and optimal conditions create an environment more suitable for growing crops. These 'farmist' will be the future of farming. it is really a high tech and high value approach to farming. with economies of scale, food production hence will become cheap, and this is ultimately what we hope to achieve to solve humanity's problem of starvation.
There was this point on if the whole word goes vegan, there will be still sufficient food. However I felt that that was like really unrealistic. 60% of crop output in the US goes to feeding livestalk. If there is a demand for more expensive food, there will always be a supply. If people cannot afford to pay, no one will feed you. This is human nature. Yes, even though with all the advancement in farming tech to create more food etc, I believe that even in 2050, people will be starving even though there would be more than enough food produced to feed the world's population. Now too, people are wasting so much food. How many thousand tonnes of food go to waste every year? In my personal opinion, I would think that there is sufficient food to feed the world right now, but then people are still starving! This is not a food scarcity problem! This is a human perception problem. No matter how much we try to increase food production, if we do not change our human perceptions to be better and more altruistic, there will still be starvation even when men have found life on other planets!
7/10 lesson. Presentations were pretty good, however I felt that at some points in the lesson, talking about agriculture was a tad too stifling... But overall, at least I thought about stuff more! :)
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