Fix the World
The world is falling apart. You can ignore it, and let the kids deal with the damage, or you can change the way you live and mitigate that damage. This show’s about changing: Take less, give more, and leave more alone. It’s simple. If you do it well, you’ll fix the world. If you don’t, you can do everything else and accomplish nothing. That’s my summary statement after 80 years of struggling to make meaning of life. I'm not paid to do this podcast, and I'm not selling anything. I just want a better life for my kids, and your kids, and their kids. If that's what you want, I can help you make it happen. Think critically about what you want. There's probably a big difference between what you think you want and what you really want. Fix the world by knowing this difference, and working for what you really want.
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Fix the World
Episode 8, Eliminate Preventable Child Deaths
Global under-five deaths fell from 13 million in 1990 to 5 million in 2021. This major progress in such short time inspire optimim for fixing the world. But we must finish the job. It's neither a difficult nor expensive feat. But it does require popular will, and that's what's lacking. The World Health Organization lists immediate causes of child deaths, birth complications, birth asphyxia or trauma, pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria. And it lists the treatments, and they are cheap. But the ultimate cause is administrator choices on how to spend money. And there is an abundance of money. But instead of spending it on women and children, administrators spend it on roads, the economy, national security, aerospace research, etc. Why do they do that? Because they are uneducated. They may had degrees, but they don't know what's more important and what is less so, or how to live in accord with true priority. End preventable child deaths now by ending hunger, empowering women, and ensuring real primary education.