A World We Dare to Imagine

As time passes by, my perspective of the world has changed drastically at least more than 20 times. Sometimes, my hope for a better world stems from personal problems I go through. Other times, it's poverty or environmental issues that get sourced through media. What I want to see in the next few generations of our society is an equal access to opportunities.

We complain when we don't have enough balance in our bank account to go to a rave or when we have four essays to write in two weeks. This is commonly called, "first-world problems." I believe that these complaints can be justified because our perspectives are defined and restricted by the content of our life experiences. But, I want to live in an environment where every individual has at least similar amount of access to opportunities to "be great."

For example, we witness at least one or two great prodigies who are accepted to great Ivy League schools despite their unfortunate personal backgrounds. What is our general reaction when we see these personal cases? We give them utmost respect and praises. We give them such reactions because we acknowledge how difficult it is to achieve one's goals with a lack of resources. There could be a student in China who can be the next Lionel Messi or there could be a student in China who has the ability to develop unseen software that can revolutionize this world. In response, we can build a better infrastructure for those in need and make non-profit organizations specifically tailored to bringing these children to light.

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  1. Amirteymour MoazamiApril 22, 2018 at 6:12 PM

    Hi Jeff - In my opinion, if everyone has equal access to opportunities regardless of their socioeconomic or cultural backgrounds it would lead to a reduction in the gender and wealth inequality gap while simulatenously contributing to economic growth since every person in the world has a unique talent within them to paint the world with their own colors. Also, I completely agree that everyone has a unique perspective, which defines how they interpret and frame situations that each person experiences. To provide equal access to opportunities, it is important that corporations, governments and organizations embrace these ideas within their core values to promote the concept of equal access to opportunities at a global scale. For example, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, had a very under privileged background and an interesting rags to riches story. However, since he was intelligent and had the opportunity to show his brilliance he worked hard and accomplished major milestones in his life, which eventually landed him a job as the CEO of Google, one of the world's largest and most influential companies. Providing resources and adequate infrastructure for less-fortunate individuals to promote equal access to opportunities can be done through government funding, philanthropic organizations investing wealthy citizens' financial capital, and strategic tax structures to save funds for this purpose.

    Overall, great post and I completely agree with how you want to make the world a better place.

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  2. UnknownApril 22, 2018 at 11:34 PM

    Hey Jeff,

    I agree that i think we have to concentrate more on providing the needed infrastructures to allow all of the kids in the world an opportunity to success. I also share similar views with you, in regards to the "first-world" kids and countries should be more grateful and if possible these countries should help accept and nurture kids who are less privileged. An example of this would be Howard Schultz, having to work multiple jobs and win a scholarship just to be able to go to school. Thus I think you bring up a great point, and that we should help nurture these less fortunate kids all around the world. However I think Non-profits would not have enough power to do this, and it might be useful for you to see if governments and large corporations could be influenced to help out into making this idea more into a reality. Great idea and very valid points!

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