"Sony released a new trailer for 'Detroit: become Human' at the Paris Games Week 2017. It pictures a father, Todd, and daughter, Alice, that live with their android, Kara. We soon find out that Todd is abusive. Alice even gets tragically killed by her father because the android did not intervene.
But then we are shown what would happen if Kara decided to step in. The amount of choice is astounding. Kara could do anything from physically or verbally defend Alice, trying to escape the house and more.
Let's hope that this trailer is a good reflection of the game to come." - Zoomin Games, 31 Oct.
Kara. vg247.com
You should see the video on Facebook. It shook me.
Mainly because Kara is a reflection of all of us.
Kara is us, when we see someone clearly in problem, but are scared to help.
Kara is us, when we see something devastating in front of us, but we choose not to do anything.
Kara is us, when we have the choice to turn things around, but we don't.
After all, Kara is a fictional character, who is designed by a human, who lives in a human reality.
But Kara could intervene. So could us.
We are living in a world where separation and classification are norms of life. Of course, they greatly help humans in making things go smooth. But they drift us, humans, apart from each other.
As a result, we 'mind our own business'. As horrible as things happen in front of us, as long as it is 'none of my business', we won't budge.
If you are Kara, is Alice under your 'business'?
If you are Alice's neighbour, is Alice under your 'business'?
If you are Alice's teacher, is Alice under your 'business'?
If you are Alice's friend, is Alice under your 'business'?
If you are Alice's school bus driver, is Alice under your 'business'?
If you are a random person, at a random place, with no correlation with Alice at all,
is Alice under your 'business'?
It actually depends on how you define your own 'business'.
If your 'own business', is all about you, maybe even if your parents are struggling, you won't consider it your 'own business'.
If your 'own business', is all about your family, maybe your friends' well-being won't be considered as your 'own business'.
If your 'own business', is all about your community, maybe the global problems happening miles away won't be considered as your 'own business'.
This is why "mind your own business" is not relevant anymore.
Apart from its subjective definition, it just creates more separation, and less access to help and be helped by others.
Instead, we should "help as best as we can".
We need to help, and we need to help effectively.
The effectiveness of your help, doesn't necessarily depend on the magnitude or the method
We can help differently. As long as it is the best that you can do..
If you are Alice's neighbour, you can try to secretly collect evidence before reporting it to the authorities.
If you are Alice's teacher, you can try to get to know Alice's situation deeper, before considering further actions.
If you are Alice's friend, you can tell the teacher.
If you are Alice's school bus driver, you can try to monitor Alice's daily routine, so you can time when exactly you can make the next move.
If you are just a random person, just donating $5 to the child-abuse protection club can actually save Alice's life.
Most importantly, if you are Kara, you must plan the best move on how to save Alice, once and for all. These people around you, can help. But only you, in this situation, will determine if all of those helping hands are worth it.
Just remember the keyword: the best.
Of course, minding our own business is very important. After all, only by taking care of ourselves first, we can take care of others.
But we are not the only person in this world. Our family is not the only family in this world. Our community is not the only community in the world.
Do we need one Alice to die, in the real world, in order for us to help the other Alices?
Unlike Kara the android,
Alice is real-life based.
Thousands of Alices are waiting out there, to be helped.
And most of them don't have Kara.
But they have you.
Will you help?
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