There are plenty of things that can be said in writing, in fact, that is the only time machine we really have (although it only works when traveling to the past). Knowledge, theories, traditions and statements are passed down to us from generation to generation through writing even if we never met that person in real life.
Although today, words spread like fire across the world, there is a new problem that affects us all: clutter. Everyone has a different opinion of everything; even research finds itself to be contradicting from time to time. So how do you know what to take seriously and what to throw away? There is no formula. We’re all free to believe what we want to believe, the thing is, what happens when those beliefs start disagreements, wars even?
We can only trust people to be tolerant to different statements to their own. That’s the beauty of diversity. In my city, a city to be well known as an ever growing one and a friendly place to be in, there are still many factors that are cast aways or that are not paid enough attention.
Therefore, in the spirit of crowd journalism and that today, we all have the right and means to be one, a group of friends and myself have started off a small project. Little detail is what I can offer at the moment, for it’s still in the works. My experience as a writer has been (up until this moment) purely individual work, a very personal view of my surroundings. Perhaps group writing will result in something much more profitable (and no, I’m not just talking about money).
Anyway, our main goal is to bring those unexplored aspects of this city out into the open, those that portray innovation, technology and other things that you may already be taking for granted, yet aren’t fully aware of their importance in your every day life. Perhaps there are places (figurative and physical) right next to you, places you haven’t casted an eye on. Might be worth it, you never know.
The overall question is, will people pay attention anyway? Even if they do, in the slightest manner, I would consider our effort to be well reciprocated. Who knows? It might turn out to be forgotten in little time or it might actually make a tiny difference. We’ll see.