I want to help but I do not know how
some days ago
i wrote a text for this event trying to
provide
answers
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but then i read it
and i felt like me giving you answers
was not the right way i mean how could i
know better
so i thought forget it
i’m just going to ask questions
questions about me
my generation and our future
from my point of view our century will
be dominated by three major topics
the first one being climate change and
everything that comes with it
the forest in cali burning faster than
you can run
the big hole in our ozone layer the
amazonas being burned and cut down in
order to make space for social fields
the diesel scandals and the pollution
being cleaned by fake numbers
today the 10 biggest companies are
responsible for around 50
of the co2 emissions so what to do
if the economy would be able to change a
cycle as we know it
going from production to consumption
ending up in the ocean
to something that would rather look like
a circle could already have an
impact on the climate of today but where
to start
it’s always the same question and
frankly
i don’t know i don’t know if we have to
first change the production lines
we have to stop producing a bangladesh
four penny get the stuff shipped all
around the world sell it to someone that
will wear it twice
get a hole in it and throw it away i
don’t know
i mean those people in bangladesh they
need jobs
so maybe we should change the product
itself make it more robust better
quality stronger fiber so that doesn’t
fall apart after being worn
but there will be higher production
costs right
therefore less profit margin right
so what if we designed the products in a
way so that after being used they could
be taken apart and you remanufacture
them and give them out again
that’s no mind-blowing idea here it’s
recycling
but this stuff you know so what else can
we
do and at what’s gay
i mean i can change my meat consumption
there are alternatives tofu sedan beans
and many more
i can invest my money in an electric car
or even further
a hydrogen driven one i can take care of
not wasting too much
at a small scale we can all impact the
environment
but how can those changes be implemented
in society
that’s the question i think it’s pretty
obvious
95 percent of the people dress act sleep
talk and behave like the famous five
percent
the five percent they look up to so why
not give these five percent away to
spread awareness about daily consumption
our impact on this world and i know that
some of them are already doing this
but sadly not other idols behave like
life don’t look up to
some politicians are still not
recognizing global warming as an issue
which brings me to my second topic
fake news according to the new york
times fake news are 70 percent more
likable to be retreated than real news
and i mean there’s some logic in behind
lies are more attractive
some blonde old we are president or how
to use this to their advantage
it has come so far that it’s not
important anymore what is said
it’s more important what is believed
false claims are making it difficult to
spread the word about stuff people may
not like
climate change for example but how to
change that
how to make people believe the truth
they can just believe whatever
they want because someone said it fake
news are spreading around the internet
and if you are part of the group that
believes in the lizardmen you are more
likely to be shown results that you may
consider true
climate change is a hoax presidential
candidates wants to kill all the cows
how to change that i mean if we can’t
make the distinction between real and
fake
how could computers for example and this
brings me to my third topic
ai artificial intelligence
something that sounds like future but
it’s already so present
ai is choosing for you which will be
played next on spotify
which advertisement will pop up in the
right corner of your screen
and also which news you are more likable
to read
you can choose that but not yet make the
distinction between real and fake news
you can calculate which of them you’re
more likable to enjoy reading
but the trustworthiness of the source is
not considered
so how to change that i mean do we
really want to depend on those things
do we really want to depend on
algorithms to choose for us
should it depend on where you live to
what answer you will get when you ask
a lot of people don’t know much about
this specific issue
it’s so confusing and neither do i
all i know is i want to change the
present to have an impact on the future
that’s why i’m asking questions and so
many people want to make the world
change
because we all know if we continue like
this
we are going to crash the problem is how
how to make the change so maybe we could
create a website called something like
i want to help but i don’t know how.com
could list ideas project brands all
having in common the healthy impact on
this world
i mean it’s just an idea but there are
some crazy people out there having even
crazier ideas
some scientists want to build a pair of
sunglasses for the earth
two students develop the drone delivery
system in africa that delivers
medication to the points that are
difficult to access
some guys from uni presented their
entirely sustainable fashion brand last
week to us
there are solutions i think we just need
to communicate
but people don’t have time and remain
ignorant i’m ignorant
so we need to see see what we are doing
see what we are gaining by not doing and
all that explained as easy as possible
so that frank the farmer can understand
it as well as behind the manager
we need to act carefully us
the youth we are building a social
conscience
we will change the future but we are not
yet in the position to have a huge
impact on the present
so listen to me parents you are our
idols
our five percent the ones we look up to
the ones who’ve been telling us since we
grow up you have to take care of the
environment
you have to think about what earth you
want to leave behind because we did not
let me tell you one thing we will make
the change don’t you worry about that
but before i rethink my future i feel
like you should set the example and we
think you’re present
thank you