Me, my country and the world around us. Introduction post from Janne.

First of all, hello to each and everyone! I'm Janne from Finland. You've might of heard of Finland before, many times even, which considering the size and population of my county could be considered quite a feat! Let me show you what I mean before telling more of myself.

Not so small size wise, I might have to correct, but Finland has only population of 5,4 million people (2013)! For comparison New York alone has population of 8,4 million people. So we have a lot of room to go around, which comes in handy as we fins prefer to have huge personal spaces. For example see how finnish people prefer to wait for a bus:

I won't go into too much detail about that, but as a tip just offer some alcohol (read as plenty) and they'll eventually open up. Guaranteed.

More about me

Here I am, enjoying the warmth of sun we so rarely get to experience when living on Finland. The winter is long, cold and dark and summers short, rainy and rarely something you could call a summer now that I think about it. Adding insult to the injury we have millions of mosquitos trying to suck blood out of you every chance they get if you happen to live outside of any urban area once summer actually comes. They will drive you nuts as they are relentless and have this annoying sound that reminds me of drone swarm. So good luck to sleeping if one or two of these devils happen to be in your bedroom.

But actually about me now! I promise!

I'm somewhat disappointed in the world around us. When taking account the wealth gap I'd say we still live in times of slavery . How come the wealth have ended up in the hands of so few? The human civilization is said to have started 12 000 years ago and now all the wealth that has been created over that time is increasingly ending in the top. While there are people like Steve Jobs who made billions, there are people who are making his products, earning so little and working so much that they prefer to end their lives in such numbers that factories had no choice but to install nets to prevent workers from jumping from roofs to end their misery. Look up Foxconn for more.

I'm not saying this is the fault of Steve Jobs, not at all. Where is the fault though? As a race, do we look up to those who have money and power so much that we don't really care at what cost it has been made? Is this a circle that happens to feed the people at the top? The masses competing for food crumbs, kicking and hitting everyone who might end up taking away from them. Or as a species is this the most beneficial system for us? Greed is good, greed is what drives us. If we all would have enough to not worry about our daily needs like water, food and roof, what would the world look like?

Maybe this is what the world will come to as AI develops and we will have robots replacing most of the workforce. One of my fears however will be that the elite will see this as an opportunity to finally get rid of too much people as there will be no need for them. Robots will do their work and they will profit even more from it. You might wonder how this would come to be? Elite could deny the aid for those replaced by robots. No money and you're done. Simple as that. Police and armies would be replaced by robots and we can already see who they serve.

So future could look quite dark or it could be bright as a star. With these improvements in AI and other areas, humans as a race could enter a golden era like never before. 3D-printing, nanobots, space exploration and mining asteroids, cryptocurrencies enabling decentralized power structures in important areas of life, Virtual reality.. The list goes on and on.

As I see increased effort in the development of various cryptocurrency projects the light at the end of tunnel gets a bit more brighter by day. Hopefully we get to see the world we all have in our heart one day. Hopefully Steemit will act as an important step towards that future! Dan, good luck to you.

If I happen to be making posts, which I rarely do on social media, as I tend to lurk more, they'll probably be ramblings like this one of topics like technology, inequality and cryptocurrency. But I could surprise myself, we'll see.

If any of you made it till end, congratulations! Let me know and I'll reward you with one more follower. You've deserved it for sure!