Saturday, December 01, 2007

Human Selfishness & World Hunger

Akio Morita, one of the founders of Sony Corporation, writes briefly about world hunger in his book 'Made in Japan'.

He says that way back in the 1980s, he saw a genetically engineered plant that could produce thousands of tomatoes from ONE PLANT.

Then he wonders...WHERE is this technology? WHY is it not being used? WHY has it been hidden from the world?

Here is Akio Morita's brief biography, from the SONY USA website: SONY USA, AKIO MORITA.

World politicians keep talking about ending world hunger...but secretly they crush and suppress EVERY technology that can end world hunger.

Technology that can end world hunger VERY much exists, in my opinion. If scientists have made genetically modified plants than can produce thousands of tomatoes from one life cycle, it means they can do it with many many other foods and crops too.

But they don't want to share it with the world.

Because it is....'bad for business'.

All world problems are due to a quality that most humans have. Its called Brutal Selfishness.

George Michael, in his song 'Praying For Time' sings....'charity is a coat you wear, twice a year....'

Here is the video of 'Praying For Time'.

2 comments:

paisley said...

i feel you on this vikram,, however history has proven time and time again,,, it just doesn't get any better...

i cannot say why that is accept to agree with you on the brutal selfishness... but i too am guilty...

Joe said...

Agricultural advances rarely deliver all they promise. Super varieties of crops generally require a lot of chemical inputs and/or ideal conditions to thrive, hence they have never been the solution they appeared to be.

But you're right, a lot of it is due to profiteering. There just isn't much money to be made in keeping poor people alive.