Positivity5 Jan 2020 08:55
Good morning All,
I was driving home from a very pleasant couple of days in Wales yesterday. There was an interesting program on Radio 4 with the editor of the Spectator looking into news and the obsession with delivering bad news, no matter what medium we receive that news. The fact that the world (based on real data) is actually improving over recent decades such as air quality, infant mortality, human longevity to name just three areas. The program was trying to understand whether we are obsessed with bad news rather than focus on the good things that are happening in the world that has caused real an beneficial change to the human race. The argument on the newspaper side (The Times) that focussing on the negative actually drives that change to happen. That’s a reasonable argument I guess but, there’s also a really valid argument that we, as a society, also need to know the good things that are also making our lives better rather than the sensationalist news we’ve become used to.
So, why have I written (probably really badly) the words above? Well, I instantly compared the program to the certain individuals who blight our forums such as this one. I wholeheartedly agree with individuals challenging tech or individual posts. What I can’t abide however is individuals who are persistent in their endeavour to create negativity or introduce inaccuracies in their posts to deliberately cause doubt and fear.
Companies such as AFC Energy, ITM, PHE are here to deliver change to outdated existing industries that are causing real harm to human health and the environment that we HAVE to preserve. I put it to all those persistent negative(derampers?) to search their consciences and, whatever their motives are for doing such actions they consider the harm they are doing not only to the companies they are running down but to the longterm harm to society and the planet. Wouldn’t it be better to research the company and encourage that tech to become a force for good?
Wouldn’t it better to let a company with potential to realise its potential from the outset to engender positive competition which will accelerate the he benefits to society and the health of our planet ?
Whoever you are, whoever is paying you, it really is time to search your conscience and stop this activity for what must only be greed !
I’ll be 10 years invested in AFC this February I think. It’s been a long and stressful haul. I believe AFC with its new portfolio of products will be a force for good in getting the planet’s health back and hopefully deliver is ALL a decent return on our investments to enable these positive benefits to society.
Interestingly, the editor of The Times has asked editors and reporters to start reporting good news stories also. Something that will benefit us all to understand that we are indeed making progress in this complex world we all share.
Happy New Year all and here’s to positive progress in this new decade. :)