Isn't it amazing how we in the "developed" nations always presume that the "developing" nations need our technology? Colonial Europe assumed the savage nations needed railroads and hospitals, and now us enlightened 21st century liberals assume the developing world needs our internet, our network of connectivity.
But do they? Are they not already connected, and are we truly connected? Consider our societies. We are epidemically depressed, living alone, and becoming increasingly friendless. The internet has undoubtedly created business opportunity (I'm work remotely as a researcher); but has it "connected" us as we were not already connected? Instead, has it in fact disconnected us in its facade of relationships?
Do you mean places like, for example, Daru, Papua New Guinea? You can see this place from Australian territory.
I mean, we gave these people the OK Tedi mine disaster. There was a Cholera outbreak there around 2010-11. Electricity to run water pumps is available for about an hour a day.
I feel absolutely no qualms with thinking it'd be at least okay, possible even great, if everyone had something even near the opportunities we have here in Australia.
Also, your comment assumes a rose-tinted pasted that very well may not have existed. It wasn't that long ago (my grand parents era) where Polio was something we lived with. Where we really more connected 'back then'? Was domestic violence and alcoholism and less?
Sounds like you're projecting your own existential crisis onto others. Maybe you should try quitting your job and finding something local and more hands on.
No projection of my own. I have a significant person in my life and friends. I'm commenting on the well-documented reality of some western cultures. I few searches brought these stories up:
But do they? Are they not already connected, and are we truly connected? Consider our societies. We are epidemically depressed, living alone, and becoming increasingly friendless. The internet has undoubtedly created business opportunity (I'm work remotely as a researcher); but has it "connected" us as we were not already connected? Instead, has it in fact disconnected us in its facade of relationships?