Today's paper had an article about Africa, specifically looking at Kenya where some major advancements have been made in terms of resources being available and resources being used.
There is always criticism of work that is done overseas, there is always something that could be better. I hate to be considered as a writer who is beating a dead horse but I wonder if these advancements are truly advancements or they are taking away from a culture.
I don't mean to address the additional medical supplies, that of course is brilliant in my mind to have something like that. I truly believe so, as diseases in Africa tend to be violent and fast moving, taking more lives every day.
However, in the article there was talk about an increase in cell phone use in Kenya and various technologies like that get me nervous. For one thing I see what it has done to my life, I can't seem to do any work without either the TV on or Facebook open.
This may sound crazy but I think that there could be a very good reason why people lived for centuries without any technology outside of the fact they had no knowledge or perhaps the right tools: they just wanted to be, to live and no be affected by the outside world and there is definitely something to be said for that notion.
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