Together

Last few weeks, we had great guest speakers and shared their stories. First person was a wise old man, Larry, and the second person was an ambitious young man, Victor. Both of them told about problems that they recognized in the world, the Taker world. I learned various valuable lessons.

One common problems that both of them mentioned was although people knew that there was a problem, they were not willing to work together. Larry's example was when scientists from different fields came to solve a big problem, they collected data and studied. However, because they focused on their parts, not shared data and forgot the purpose of the project, solving the problem. Victor's example was that he wanted to gather several non-profit organizations to solve a problem. However, uniting these organizations was not an easy task, but they had their reasons to explain why they could not work together.

People are busy with their works and think about them and their things. It is not easy to bring people together. This can relate to the beginning part of Ishmael. One of quotes we talked  in class was that five different fingers could not make one hand. Although most people knew the problems in the world, they were not looking for the solutions. They wanted an easy way. Something takes not much time and effort, and often this could cover the problems or lessen the problems. However, the problems remain. We did not need the "program" but the "vision."