Progress-At what cost? Do you Care?
By worthy
@worthy (2413)
India
May 1, 2008 10:53am CST
Progress is to human life what struggle is to a prey, to escape its hunter. This is because just as a prey, which gets all the essential amenities to sustain life is still not satisfied in the shackles of entrapment, even we humans, strive always for success....to break the barriers....and explore the unexplored.
The hunger to succeed has always been an innate quality of humans, for if it hadn't been so, then man's dreams of reaching the moon would still have been an imagination. Furthermore, it is only due to the immense progress in the field of communication, that man today, can talk to a person in another corner of the earth, almost as soon as he thinks of him!
But as we all know, that nature is reciprocal, hence man has not always progressed for the better. No doubt, one of the most important factors behind strengthening the evil powers of the world, most of all, terrorism, is due to development in weapons of mass destruction. What more, by the use of a single hydrogen bomb, civilizations which take centuries to come to their present stature are destroyed within seconds! This compels us to think that is this why man progressed? It is true to claim that man is on the path of becoming a "super-satan" rather than a "super-human".
The loss of life is surely incomparable to the greatest of innovations made by us, for the basic purpose of progress is to enhance the quality of human life, and not eliminate it. Thus, there is no doubt about the fact that progress made by man today is worth appreciating, but the side-effects of these progresses sometimes overpower the actual aim of the progress itself. Hence, ending on an optimistic note, we still have time to make up for all the problems we have created for ourselves by giving progress a whole new meaning, which comprises of the welfare of human life as well as mother earth.
Let us contribute towards the reduction of global warming.Even the smallest of our efforts will add tremendously.
2 responses
@blackmantra_x (2732)
• Philippines
6 May 08
In my own opinion, progress is necessary for us to evolve not only in our genes but more importantly in the way we live. Progress in technology must be coupled with progress of social maturity. We will not survive if we continue to think and act the way do now. If mistrust, apathy, subversion, tyranny greed,racial and social discrimination are still in the very core of our society whether we admit it or not our future will go nowhere. Yes, we have progress in digital telecommunication and yet we tend to talk more than to listen. Yes, we have progress in Agricultural technology and yet millions go hungry everyday. Yes, we have progress in space exploration and yet there are boundaries in our world that one can't easily go. Yes, we have progress in medical technology and yet people still die from curable diseases. These are question that need resolving but until then our future even with technological advancements is still very dim.
@blackmantra_x (2732)
• Philippines
22 May 08
Thanks for the appreciation and the best response. Hope to see you in your post again soon.
@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
2 May 08
Progress is necessary in order to feed and accomodate an ever growing population.
Every progress we make is nullified by the constant drain of our resources by an ever growing population.
It is a catch 22... we are caught in a vicious circle. The solution is very simple... but nobody wants to know about it. Stop breeding!
We reduced our pollution by half since 1970... but the world population almost doubled during the same time. So every gain we made was lost and as our demand for energy is far greater than in 1970... we are going backwards despite having cut our pollution by half.
The only way to save humanity is to achieve zero population grow for 20 years... which would reduce our population and give us time to develop new technologies to accomodate a larger population.
