How Can my Major Make the World a Better Place

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 I don't know exactly what do you mean by major, but if it is my career, I think sociology can contribute in two ways. 

I used to think that by studying social phenomena, sociology can find a way to do things better, so people would be better and everything would be better. I mean, that's supposed to be the purpose of knowledge. See what we are doing wrong so we can find a way to do it better, that how it can contribute. And there is the second way it appears. 

Sociology can identify whats wrong or what are the lacks of the people, so we can take care about it. It can say what it is happening, why it is happening and show it. So I hope it is true, because, even when I took this path mostly because I like to learn, I think that maybe I could help and by studying the reality of people it can changes the daily reality, I think that basic thing as green areas or I dont know,  daily things can do a huge difference, so maybe there would be my thing I dont know yet. A wrong analisis of society or an unethical investigation can have serious consecuences over people, even when good ones help nothing or too little. 

maybe knowledge doesn't change the world, but I allow myself sometimes to have hope. 



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  1. Mr. Vito7 de julio de 2021, 22:46

    Now we are two people who think that knowledge can be used to change the world for the better and not on the contrary like it seems so much people use it for. Let's have hope.

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