Twitter and What I Found There

Ironically, my major is civil engineering. The very major that was given in the example. Nevertheless I will outline what is being said and discussed in the civil engineering field recently. Civil Engineers must deal with the task of designing and building of the infrastructure of the entire world, thus there will always be issues in the field that are controversial.

Twitter's use as a major communication tool between people in every field of studies makes it a valuable tool to find out about issues and controversies within the field. The major talk of twitter is about the politics behind different projects, including whether different nations will pass legislation to help combat growing population and aging infrastructure. Other twitter branches look back at historic civil engineering feats and how they continue to impact the world to this day. One twitter feed talked about the issues facing the world today and how civil engineers could tackle these challenges.

The civil engineering twitter world is full of stories none more interesting than the notion of a new concrete that could stand up to the riggers of extraterrestrial use, especially use on Mars. This invention brings humanity one step closer to taking a manned mission to mars and potentially staying there. Civil engineering has long been about constructing the essential connection tools of the human race on this planet but now it may soon include constructing the essential elements of survival on other planets. Another story found on twitter talked about how civil engineers and governments could cope with a "megacity" with a population of over 30 million people, an occurrence which could happen in the future.

Overall I was very impressed with the ideas I saw floating around twitter. The very future of the world lies in the hands of those who build it which is why the world needs civil engineers. The fact that these engineers are being proactive in their ideas for the future is key to ensuring the best possible future for humanity. I was quite surprised by how much these twitter feeds focused on the future and not current projects in the civil engineering field. I expected many civil engineers to focus on what they had been working on, yet most feeds focused on what opportunities the future may bring.

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