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FAMINE,
PLAGUE AND
WAR WILL PROBABLY
CONTINUE TO CLAIM MILLIONS
OF VICTIMS IN THE COMING DECADES.
YET THEY ARE NO LONGER UNAVOIDABLE TRAGEDIES
BEYOND THE UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROL OF A HELPLESS HUMANITY.
INSTEAD, THEY HAVE BECOME MANAGEABLE CHALLENGES. THIS DOES NOT BELITTLE THE SUFFERING
OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF POVERTY-STRICKEN HUMANS; of the millions felled each year by malaria, AIDS
& TB; or of the millions trapped in violent vicious circles in Syria, the Congo or Afghanistan. The message is not
that famine, plague & war have completely disappeared from the face of the earth, and that we should stop
worrying about them. Just the opposite. Throughout history people felt these were unsolvable problems,
so there was no point trying to put an end to them. People prayed to God for miracles, but they themselves didn't
seriously attempt to exterminate famine, plague and war. Those arguing that the world of 2018 is as hungry, sick
and violent as it was in 1918 perpetuate this age-old defeatist view. They imply that all the huge efforts humans
have made during the 20th century have achieved nothing, and that medical research, economic reforms and
peace initiatives have all been in vain. If só, what is the point of investing our time and resources in further
medical research, novel economic reforms
or new peace initiatives?
FAMINE,
PLAGUE AND
WAR WILL PROBABLY
CONTINUE TO CLAIM MILLIONS
OF VICTIMS IN THE COMING DECADES.
YET THEY ARE NO LONGER UNAVOIDABLE TRAGEDIES
BEYOND THE UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROL OF A HELPLESS HUMANITY.
INSTEAD, THEY HAVE BECOME MANAGEABLE CHALLENGES. THIS DOES NOT BELITTLE THE SUFFERING
OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF POVERTY-STRICKEN HUMANS; of the millions felled each year by malaria, AIDS
& TB; or of the millions trapped in violent vicious circles in Syria, the Congo or Afghanistan. The message is not
that famine, plague & war have completely disappeared from the face of the earth, and that we should stop
worrying about them. Just the opposite. Throughout history people felt these were unsolvable problems,
so there was no point trying to put an end to them. People prayed to God for miracles, but they themselves didn't
seriously attempt to exterminate famine, plague and war. Those arguing that the world of 2018 is as hungry, sick
and violent as it was in 1918 perpetuate this age-old defeatist view. They imply that all the huge efforts humans
have made during the 20th century have achieved nothing, and that medical research, economic reforms and
peace initiatives have all been in vain. If só, what is the point of investing our time and resources in further
medical research, novel economic reforms
or new peace initiatives?
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