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Among all the contemporary global issues it is very hard to choose one. This is primarily due to the fact that all of them in one or another way relate to each other. Disarmament, international relations, international justice and global health are vital issues. All of them are extremely important for the development of the contemporary society. One of the global issues that is very important to me is the increasing consumption of the humanity. As our planet is a very viable place it has many resources which are intensively used by people. Throughout the history of humanity we have seen the transformation of fertile land into lifeless desert. And the most terrible problem is that is keeps happening more and more often. The more we develop – the more we consume. The more we consume the less we give our descendants the chance to live in an adequate habitat. The nexus of cause and effect in this case is often forgotten and this is what causes my biggest concern.
The modern trend of consumption impress and shock and in my opinion it has to change. Otherwise it will lead to irreversible consequences. The problem of consumption includes several issues. It goes without saying that the distribution of “goods” depends of the income of the countries. Therefore, the high-income countries get the most of the water, food, energy, vehicles and natural resources of the world. It is also necessary to mention that these countries consume these “goods” in an excessive amount. At the same time the rest of the countries experience shortage and poverty. As the growth of the percentage of rich people is barely perceptible it involves a lot of money. In contrast to this the percentage of poverty growth rapidly and no qualitative change occurs. Nevertheless, the problem of excessive consumption and its unequal distribution has not yet become on the most important issues of the world political arena. This is no surprise as people live to make their “today” comfortable not thinking about the damage they can do to their habitat.buy an essay
There is a harsh demand to find a compromise between economic growth and consumption. I completely realize that it is an utopia to try to change it in one easy effort, but I truly believe that people have to start consuming to satisfy their basic needs and come to the principle of “eating for living” and not “living for eating”.

 

 
How have you experienced cultural shock?

 

I often heard many people talk about experiencing cultural shock but honestly did not ever completely realize what actual confusion it may cause. My world perception was built completely on what I was used to see, feel, observe in my habitual community. This “blind” acceptation of what is “normal” created a false belief that everywhere the life course must be very similar to mine. This feeling of “social safety” closed my eyes to the outside world and to its ways. I desperately needed to fill in this gap in order to grow morally and right at that point I was given a good life-lesson. My first cultural shock opened my mind and my consciousness and changed my understanding of other cultures as well as my own. Some years ago I had a friend named Reevaz who was from the Caucasus, Georgia.
Reevaz’s family seemed to be quite adapted within a foreign community. From what Reevaz told me about his family I got the impression that they are a very united family and always help each other in hard times. One day I was invited at a family dinner and faced something so shocking that it took me some time to come to my senses. During dinner all the men were seated and all the women were standing behind their backs as servants and were actually serving them. The communication was very formal and though I did not understand when they were speaking Georgian their curt answers spoke for themselves. I felt very offended went I left, my culture was offended, my perception of the world was deformed. This happened primarily to the fact that for my comprehension of what was “normal” the equality of rights for men and women was an axiom. This incident provoked my anger and irritability as the “cultural accuracy” of my community was beyond question.
Later I discussed this issue and found out that only the fact that I was invited to a family dinner was a manifestation of respect to me. This occurrence made me realize that each culture with its traditions has the right to exist and if not to be accepted than to be at least respected and of course not to be condemned. This conclusion formed my personality a lot and helped me to become more open-minded because right now I have my very own “epistemology” of the world and it helps me a lot.