Exploring the Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Aren’t you naturally curious?
Way back in 2008, an exciting enterprise went out and tried creating a list of the New Seven Wonders of the World. There was only one problem, they wanted to do it in a democratic fashion.
Now, I’m always one for democracy, but this case was different. Their system was based on online voting and text messages, and people weren’t even prevented from voting twice.
Long story short, the new list was made with heavily biased votes from countries that wanted tourism boosts. And the controversy only seemed to help build up the esteem of the new list in the end, for better or worse.
But one of the more positive responses was by two organizations, CNN and Seven Natural Wonders. Their mission was to use this controversy to create an awareness campaign list of the most beautiful natural sites on our planet.
Their goal:
“The mission is to help people discover and explore the natural wonders of the world, to teach them about the wonders and the things that threaten their existence, and to inspire them to create a philosophy and practice of conservation.”
I can get behind that any day. But you might find yourself asking, what’s better than democracy? Well, not whatever Elon…
