I was reading a book for one of my classes, it was about the post-American World, how all of the other countries are experiencing a rapid growth while the United State just kind of sits here. At one point the author tells the readers to look around us. The tallest building is in Tapai but a taller one is being built in Dubai, the richest man is Mexican, the biggest plane was built in Russia and Ukraine, the largest factories are in China, and the list goes on and on. The author's point being The United States just 10 years ago used to be at the top of many of these different categories. I can't help but think, is that such a bad thing? Does it really matter which country has the largest building? Or where the richest man lives? Or where the largest factories are? I don't think it matters. We should be concentrating on efficiency rather than size. Is it really that important to have large building or planes? We shouldn't be competing with other countries for titles such as these, but instead seeking to achieve unity and an effeciency in technological things to preserve the world. This may sound really cheesey and all "save the environment", but I really do believe it's not about who has the largest factories, rather it's about how well we can work together to make achievements globally.
But that's just my two cents.
-Ashley
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