Blink Safety app: Building a community of good Samaritans for mutual help

The app connects all the app users through the Blink Safety server, and sends out a distress signal in the time of need through a notification to nearby app users

A few days ago, I was in the middle of a philosophical rant with a friend about life increasingly losing its value and humanity being best explained in quotes rather than real-life examples. People die on roads because other people do not feel impelled to take them to the hospital; robbery turns fatal because a poor man tried to fight off thieves alone. These are just a few examples of lack of empathy and people’s unwillingness to save fellow citizens’ lives by acting immediately.

While some people consider population as the root cause for most problems, others point fingers at politicians