World Today: Why It Matters !

 

World Today: Why It Matters !
There was a time when violence shocked us. A single act of brutality would be discussed for weeks, sparking outrage, debate, and reflection. Today, violence has become background noise. It seeps into our daily lives through screens, headlines, and conversations until it feels normal. That is the most terrifying development of all, the rise in violence and the fading of empathy.
You do not need to search for examples. The world today is marked by wars that refuse to end, by school shootings that barely make it past a news cycle, by protests turning into riots, and by anger spilling from political halls into our neighborhoods. Violence is everywhere.
A bombing in one country trends for hours before being pushed aside by another tragedy elsewhere. A mass shooting grabs attention for a day, then becomes just another statistic. The numbers pile up, the stories blur, and people learn to scroll past without stopping.
Has the human beings become cold or the scale of violence has outpaced our ability to respond with feeling. Probably, when tragedy becomes routine, compassion suffers.
The loss of empathy is harder to measure than the number of bullets fired or buildings destroyed. Yet it is visible in subtle ways. People argue over who was right instead of mourning who was lost. Victims are judged for the way they lived rather than honored in the way they died. Conversations quickly turn political, tribal, or dismissive. Empathy requires slowing down, listening, and imagining someone else’s pain. But the world rewards speed, reaction, and performance. Outrage is quick; empathy is slow. That is why outrage thrives while empathy withers.
Technology is both witness and weapon in this story. Social media brings us closer to events, but it also creates distance. A video of violence spreads in seconds, but it competes with memes, ads, and jokes on the same feed. We swipe past human suffering the way we swipe past weather updates.
Worse still, violence itself is broadcast as content. Live-streamed attacks, celebratory posts after killings, or images shared for shock value turn cruelty into spectacle. The more we consume, the less we feel. Not entirely the fault of technology alone, it also reflects our choices. Yes, the platforms have made it easy to watch without engaging, to share without caring.
The world has become violent and angry. Leaders speak in harsher tones, citizens speak to each other with less patience, and tolerance feels outdated. Anger, once considered dangerous, is now branded as strength. When anger dominates, empathy disappears. It becomes easier to justify violence because it feels like punishment, justice, or even entertainment. We are taught to pick sides, to win arguments, and to crush opponents.
I confess to a personal fear: that we may already be past the point of return. That the next generation will grow up believing violence is natural and empathy is weakness. That the sound of sirens will be as common as the sound of rain. It is not a fear born from pessimism, but from observation. Every day I see people numb to pain, quick to attack, slow to care. Every day I see leaders use division as strategy. Every day I see cruelty dressed up as courage.
When empathy fades and compassion dies, cruelty finds no resistance.
That is the danger we face today.

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