Utopian Paper
My Utopian World: People Helping People
More than 214 soldiers have lost their lives in the last six months, while serving the United States of America. In a perfect world this is something that would never occur. The idea of war is something that would be non-existent. The world would be a happy carefree adventure where there were no worries about starving children in Africa, schools shootings in the US, or global warming, to name a few. These are just some examples of the large scale problems that plague the future of human civilization; it is problems like these that, if ignored, could lead to the demise of our world. I do feel that there are issues in our society that need to be addressed because, by doing so, our world could be a better place to live. Additionally, if we are able to accomplish these small steps, it could help to indirectly change the large problems which are currently everywhere. In my Utopian world, I would make changes to three vastly different issues in our society. These problems however all have some sort of connection to the other, similar to the concept made famous by the 1993 movie Six Degrees of Separation. These three issues are: banning the use of cellular phones while driving, a federally sponsored needle exchange and a federally mandated organ donor program, whenever possible. By addressing these issues, we could move closer to a Utopian society. The first change I would make for my Utopian society would be to ban the use of cellular phones while driving. In today’s society, there are more than 254 million Americans that have a cellular phone and, since we live in a very fast-paced society, it is not surprising that many people are using their phone while driving (Cell Phone and Driving, n). If a driver is looking at the recent text message they received, responding to a text message, scrolling through their contacts, surfing the Web or even talking to a friend, they are not focused on the road or the cars in
More than 214 soldiers have lost their lives in the last six months, while serving the United States of America. In a perfect world this is something that would never occur. The idea of war is something that would be non-existent. The world would be a happy carefree adventure where there were no worries about starving children in Africa, schools shootings in the US, or global warming, to name a few. These are just some examples of the large scale problems that plague the future of human civilization; it is problems like these that, if ignored, could lead to the demise of our world. I do feel that there are issues in our society that need to be addressed because, by doing so, our world could be a better place to live. Additionally, if we are able to accomplish these small steps, it could help to indirectly change the large problems which are currently everywhere. In my Utopian world, I would make changes to three vastly different issues in our society. These problems however all have some sort of connection to the other, similar to the concept made famous by the 1993 movie Six Degrees of Separation. These three issues are: banning the use of cellular phones while driving, a federally sponsored needle exchange and a federally mandated organ donor program, whenever possible. By addressing these issues, we could move closer to a Utopian society. The first change I would make for my Utopian society would be to ban the use of cellular phones while driving. In today’s society, there are more than 254 million Americans that have a cellular phone and, since we live in a very fast-paced society, it is not surprising that many people are using their phone while driving (Cell Phone and Driving, n). If a driver is looking at the recent text message they received, responding to a text message, scrolling through their contacts, surfing the Web or even talking to a friend, they are not focused on the road or the cars in
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