Few people realize that what it means to be a kid, in society, has dramatically changed over the course of the last few years. It’s almost as if we are expecting kids to grow up so fast that we cut their childhoods short. For example, in America, there are pre-schools that parents give arms and legs to attend because, twenty years down the line, students who attended these pre-schools ended up attending Ivy League universities.
We’ve seen, firsthand, with the college scandal all over the news the last couple of weeks, that the majority of these parents cared more about attending elite schools than the kids did. Why can’t we place emphases on things like going outside, having good moral values, treating others with respect? Why do we need children to start thinking about college as soon as they’re born, or ask them what they want to do when they grow up?
Let kids be kids, and here’s what you missed in the news yesterday.
Welcome To The Space Web
After four years and billions in funding requests, OneWeb launched and deployed the first of six satellites in a planned constellation of hundreds several weeks ago. For those unfamiliar with OneWeb, it is one of few companies, including SpaceX, determined to use thousands of satellites to create a global-internet system for every person on the planet. Per TechCrunch’s profile on the company, OneWeb plans on launching nearly one-thousand satellites to about a 1,100-kilometer low Earth orbit, where these devices “will be able to provide broadband to practically anywhere on Earth.”
In their pursuit of covering every nook and cranny of the planet with internet, OneWeb has raised nearly $1.5 billion in funding to start mass production of their satellites. Prior to last month’s launch, investors were concerned with the future of the Company and its ability to meet its self-set deadlines. Following the launch, we now know that OneWeb means business.
“With the recent successful launch of our first six satellites, near-completion of our innovative satellite manufacturing facility with our partner Airbus, progress towards fully securing our ITU priority spectrum position, and the singing of our first customer contracts, OneWeb is moving from the planning and development stage to deployment of our full constellation…”
–Adrian Steckel, Chief Executive Officer, OneWeb
Donald Gets Twitter Happy
Most Americans are aware of the fact that President Donald Trump has a slight inkling towards using Twitter to share his feelings on a multitude of happenings around the White House, or even the country for that matter. Having said that, over the weekend, President Trump broke his personal record for tweets when he birded out twenty-nine different tweets. Contrary to his track record, none of his weekend-tweets were jarring or racist, but more so quantitative and exhaustive.
“We have a seriously dangerous normalcy bias, where we move on because we desperately want to pretend it’s okay. Trump’s Twitter meltdown today — which shows a deranged and unhinged person — will just be forgotten by Monday afternoon. But the deranged man will still control the nukes…”
–Brian Klass, Political Scientist
