Nesta wrote:Marlene wrote:Nesta wrote:
Cool. I liked that book. It gave me some much needed peace from despair. And I learned some new things ofc.
I haven't read the whole thing but I love what I read so far.
You really do learn something from it.. That book really changed my view on things like I didn't realize how negative I was being until after.
Yes. I love the principles it builds on. It's a rly good tool to think about something through! I think my most important lesson from the book was the importance of building small, local hospitals rather than centralized ones in places w bad infrastructure and higher poverty so people actually are able to get to them. It also changed my view on all the poverty/sicknesses ads that run over the screen now and then to ask you to donate, and how little difference a little actually can do. I used to be annoyed by them. Now I have some info to actually be able to acknowledge the importance of the work beyond the uttermost superficial levels.Â
Contrasting, its portrayal of how well the world is going in comparison to the statistics having been worse, also showed me that there's a lot of suffering in reduced numbers as well and even if it is better, it isn't over. It also made me think through my stance on fast fashion wages.. Compared to the infrastructure is creating work and incomes that will bring some people out from deep poverty to having a wage, if so small - something that makes a larger difference than someone already having a ok wage and earning a bit more - even if it means shitty conditions. But while the book felt like it rested its case there, in "it could have been worse, there could have been none of this industry here" I don't think that was a good enough place to rest on in regards to people actually deserving proper wages no matter where they live or work in the world.Â