This is such a weird position to have for many reasons
First, does the phrase "walk and chew gum" ring a bell?
So we shouldn't have any other pursuits in parallel
I can assure you that pretty much every scientist working on advanced robotics is spending virtually zero time using his intelligence, time, and funding to address the needs of the world's poor. There are exceptions but those are few and far between.
Second, you dont think being able to move freely is a basic necessity of life
It's less of a necessity than the shyt that kills you when you just a kid. He's 62 years old and he's living a great life and still following his dreams. Doesn't sound to me like his life has been impeded much.
Third, we might as well scrap all research that isn't directly aimed at providing basic necessities of life right now. Basically 70% of academic pursuits should be trashed now. Doesn't that seem kinda myopic to you?
Stop.
Just stop.
Think for a second.
Me saying that we should help the poor some is myopic, but you defending the status quo where virtually all time and funding goes to the wealthiest 5% isn't myopic?
I'm pointing out a MASSIVE imbalance in research right now. A world where 99% of the time and funding goes to the problems of the top 5% and just 1% of the time and funding goes to the problems of the other 95%. And your response is this all-or-nothing bullshyt?
Why not strive for at least 50/50? You are perfectly okay with the rich neglecting the needs of 95% of the world, but get righteous anger if their excesses are ever pointed out?
Fifth, don't you think its outside dude's jurisdiction to be thinking about problems in slums in Africa or India, when they have governments and people capable of fixing a leaky roof
Because we heavily drive those priorities. Are you unaware that our corporate ag and other policies are a BIG reason why rural livelihoods have gone to shyt, rural people have been dispossessed of their land, and those slums had to be created in the first place?
And you don't think we're constantly brain-draining their scientists, doctors, engineers? That every time someone with potential springs up in one of their countries, we don't offer them a fat paycheck to work on our rich people problems instead?
My friend's mom lives in a town in New Zealand with just 9,000 people. They just got this Indian doctor to be the town psychiatrist. I looked up the state he was from, it's called Uttarkhand. It has over 8,000,000 people and there are only 8 psychiatrists IN THE ENTIRE STATE. He left a place where there was only 1 psychiatrist for every one million people in order to become the psychiatrist for just 9,000 people. Now those 8,000,000 brown folk are that much more fukked while the 9,000 White folk are sitting pretty with their brown doctor.
That's how our money drives global priorities and fukks the poor over.
