If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Ask HN: How do you get people to care?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you get people to care?
#12I think doing what you are doing makes a difference. Citizenship journalism, blogging, raising awareness, writing letters to the editor of a newspaper, going to or organising a demonstration - all these things make a difference - as long as you keep doing them and get others involved.
Re: Ask HN: How do you get people to care?
#13I have no idea where Sudan is. I don't know anyone from Sudan either. It isn't an economically important country either for the rest of the world... as such unfortunately people just don't care.
> I have no idea where Sudan is. Try Google maps. > I don't know anyone from Sudan either. They are people just like you. > It isn't an economically important country either for the rest of the world... So money is everything. > as such unfortunately people just don't care. Some people who have taken 10 seconds to find out where it is but who also don't know anyone from Sudan care about the lives of people just like…
Yes, money is everything.
Why would we care about people from poorer countries, or from countries that aren't close to us?