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Enero 04, 2012
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Thanks to these Adlens glasses, people in developing countries can benefit from a luxury we take for granted: prescription glasses. Yes, we may complain about how expensive prescription glasses are, but in other parts of the world, such innovations are prohibitively expensive. Adlens glasses, however, ingeniously inject water into the lenses in order to create adjustable magnification. At the turn of a knob, Adlens glasses are easily adjusted to individual vision needs. Available at Adaptive Eyewear, hopefully we’ll see more like-minded concepts in other health areas.

Thanks to these Adlens glasses, people in developing countries can benefit from a luxury we take for granted: prescription glasses. Yes, we may complain about how expensive prescription glasses are, but in other parts of the world, such innovations are prohibitively expensive.

Adlens glasses, however, ingeniously inject water into the lenses in order to create adjustable magnification. At the turn of a knob, Adlens glasses are easily adjusted to individual vision needs. Available at Adaptive Eyewear, hopefully we’ll see more like-minded concepts in other health areas.

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Marzo 05, 2011
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lifes-contradictor preguntó: No goal is a goal in itself. No goals is the absence of any goal which is impossible to comprehend as our sinful nature and tendency is to make our standing in the world better. In economics it's known as profit motive. Do you really feel that in any way your achievement through hard work is injustice to a citizen in a third world country? If you did, then you would achieve your previous goal of being a chef to make money with which you could then donate to those less fortunate than you. No answer is never the answer. The question here being "Do you really feel that in any way your achievement through hard work is injustice to a citizen in a third world country?".

Did your inquiry stem from a past conversation we were having that i’ve forgotten?  I only ask because I don’t recall talking about my old culinary ambition on tumblr.  That life plan was some time ago, either way, and since then I had a goal of pursuing a MLS degree. Both of those paths I abandoned after starting them, and after much thought realizing they weren’t for me.  When it comes to the food industry, part of my reasoning for leaving was ethical in the sense that, in my experience, the industry wastes an immense amount of product as well as inciting gluttony and hindering “family values” (not the term I want to use there but, I cant think of a better way of concisely describing what i mean right now.)   I understand that there has been an uprising of sustainable restaurants in the past couple of years, in fact there’s a really interesting TEDTalks video about them, and I think what those folks are doing is great.  But I decided it’s not for me, a decision I made well over a year ago.
Now I suppose that you’d hold your claim, regardless of what the career is,  that good can be done by having a nice job and “donating to those less fortunate,”  which is certainly a good and helpful effort but if you don’t approach the entirety of your actions ethically (i.e. you consume consume consume, every step of the way supporting sweat-shop labor, oppressive agriculture industries, excessive oil consumption, et cetera) you can’t expect to just send a check to the Red-Cross every month and be able to say “Good, I’ve been helping those less fortunate than myself.”    (In in no way mean to imply that’s what you do, because I don’t know you, just stating my view.)    So really it boils down to your definition of achievement…  I wish I knew/could recall what sparked your message, because then I could possibly infer whether or not our definitions of success differ…  but I don’t want to make assumptions and bore you with my thoughts based on it so I’ll jump to this which, I feel, inadvertently covers any necessary grounds:
I’m young and at a point in my life where I can steer in any direction I choose.  I have steadfast morals and values and, generally speaking, they don’t coalesce with those around me. Yes, I could pursue one of the career paths I’ve considered in the past couple of years and live a relatively harmless life, monitoring my consumption habits and sending out some virtual money and just assume that it does good in the world.  But I see my situation as a rare opportunity, and a lucky one, to do more than that.  So I have current ambitions to work my way into  one of the many non-profit organizations that work with communities in South America in order to improve their living and working conditions.  Obviously this is a societal niche that needs to be filled or no one would have anywhere to send their little checks each month.  I feel like this sort of work is a life that I can find truly rewarding, non-oppressive and even helpful to the world around me.  I’m grateful that I made this realization before I got too tied into another walk of life too, because it’s certainly the case that once you’ve gotten a home, a car payment, a family, a slick job, et cetera, it’s hard to up and leave to work directly with those less fortunate no matter what kind of epiphany you may have. 
So, I don’t know that I directly answered your question, but I think whatever made you ask it may have given you a somewhat misconstrued view-point of my situation and direction in life. Hopefully explicitly stating that for you has cleared it up. If not, feel free to retort.  Hope this message finds you well.
—Josh

Addition:

sorry for multiple messages, but I forgot to address something. 
“No goals is the absence of any goal which is impossible to comprehend as our sinful nature and tendency is to make our standing in the world better. In economics it’s known as profit motive.”
It must be recognized that this nature you speak of is not a human nature, but a social nature. Some people have made it their mission to renounce such a sin.  Personally, I don’t operative on your profit motive. This value difference is clearly one of mine that I referred to earlier. My tendency is to live simply and happily.  I understand that to expect this of the general populous at this point would be idealistic and foolish, but it’s my personal conviction.  So rather than running in circles to feed my own greed, I’d like to be able to lend a helping hand—not fighting tooth and nail for the upper hand. I find I’m much more at peace with myself and the world around me that way.  This discrepancy is possibly stemming from the fact that you used a term from a capitalist economic model, which I don’t generally operate well in.  Again, I hope this finds you well, sorry for the incongruity of my response.

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