Essay On The Lorax And TED Talk

The Kaffir Boy, “The Lorax” and the TED Talk by Juan Enriquez all have one thing in common, their response to how we as a species have evolved in many ways. Some of those ways are good and others are not. Such as how we treat our environment and other people. Like the Once-Ler in The Lorax we take more than what is necessary for survival and in connection to Juan Enriquez’s TED Talk, almost all of what we do have today isn’t natural due to all of the genetic manipulation done to the genes and DNA of plants and animals. You can get three different types of cabbage from a mustard plant with a little human interference. Though some good has come from our technological evolution we can now prevent or decide when we reproduce when only a century ago we couldn’t. Couples who use to would be able to have children now can with the help of in vitro or surrogacy. Like what the Lorax is trying to say in the book nature is not ours to mess with or change. We need to …show more content…
Bullying has been a big problem in the past but was easier to stop, now a days it isn’t so cut and dry. We have computers, phones and tablets that allow people to be cruel to other behind the safety and anonymity of a screen which when a problem arises can make it hard to stop. As it shows in the Kaffir Boy people can and sometimes will be mean to someone for little to no reason. It can be `something as small as someone bumping into them or simply the color of their skin. Some people just don’t need a reason. There is also the problem of social media. We as well as the media tend to blow things out of proportion and overall make a big deal about things that don’t matter. No one cares about the real housewives or justin beiber anymore. We need to focus on things that matter. Like global warming or MAYBE the super volcano beneath North America. There are many more important thing to worry about, but most people just don’t