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Article Review: Billionaires Reach for the Stars while the World Suffers

The article implies that Jeff Bezos, the most massive wealth in the world, should spend his fortune to help people who are in need instead of focus on his space travel project called Blue Origin. Bezos has a deep interest in space and has been studying it since he was a 5-year-old boy." He rationalizes his spending on space by noting that he does not have many alternatives to spend his fortune. He underlines to save earth for our grandchildren; he plans to have millions even trillion people in space with lower access costs. On the other side, hundreds of millions of vulnerable children live without access to primary health care or education. Every year, about 5.6 million children under the age of five dies. Millions of children have no access to sufficient public schools with qualified teachers, electricity, books, and hygiene facilities, leading them to leave school without basic skills required for the 21st century. Therefore, according to the article, there are several re...