Even though some are revealing the significance of WMDs, like O’neil, I basically think the situation will keep going even in the future. First, it seems that now is still in the process that WMDs are becoming known among people as we can see from O’neil’s book. Therefore, this process of recognition will continue in my opinion in the near future. However, the process will not be completely done because always caring about WMDs will tire people and some people will just abandon the option to be careful about WMDs. They will just live an ordinary life, avoiding cognitive load. Therefore, I suppose the people in the future will be divided into two groups: those who are cognizant of WMDs and those who are not. The first group might be able to defend themselves or even take advantage of that status quo. The other group will keep being ignorant, no matter how others advocate not to.
Also, I think WMDs will not be eradicated unless we completely eliminate discriminatory ideas against anything. Since the characteristics of WMDs include “damage,” WMDs seem to be solely related to the human nature surrounding discrimination. As long as discriminatory consciousness exists in people’s minds, WMDs will continue to be weaponized (because it can harm people). Hence, combatting WMDs is similar to combatting discrimination.
How to eliminate discrimination might be one of the toughest questions we can think of. However, I personally believe that trying to relate ourselves to others as the same humans must be key to answering this question. This way, we will be able to feel others’ pains regardless of who they are. The practical means should be dialog and education: dialogs can change the consciousness of the people in our generation, and education can change that of the people in the following generations. In conclusion, I think WMDs will keep suffering people unless we eradicate discrimination by means of dialog and education.
Topics I’m interested in
- Mathematics surrounding nuclear weapons
- Education in slum
Although I do not have any idea on specific how-tos for the topics above, I just want to delve into them.
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Just wanting to delve into them is all you need! The purpose of week 3 will be to explore and learn about social justice topics.
I think your statement, “combatting WMDs is similar to combatting discrimination,” is a very important observation and I like that you provided possible methods (education and dialog) for fighting discrimination.
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