Goldfish

Sitting in my International Business lecture, I can't help but wonder, do goldfish really have 3 second memories?

International Business discusses globalization, free trade, and the impact multi national companies have on a global scale.

One of the arguments against globalization is that it harms the environment. Billion-dollar companies like Nike couldn't give a shit if they over-pollute a creek in central China, nor could they care if that river happens to be the water source for thousands of people. As long as their clothes and shoes are produced cheaply and sold for ridiculous profits.

The polluted rivers, lakes, seas and oceans contain some of the most important organisms in the world. The balance of life and death in the murky depths is drawn with a very fine line. Any disruption could be catastrophic.

So the place where goldfish live is being polluted daily beyond belief. Could this mean - and this is a crazy, out-there theory that is bullshit but helps tie this story together - that we are possibly responsible for them having a 3 second memory? Who knows? We don't. And I'm betting neither do the goldfish, chances are they don't remember...

(No goldfish were harmed in the writing of this story)