Is progress always goo2
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Is progress always good?
The nobleness & the use of progress in any field, to an individual, or
to the society on the whole, will depend on what use the progress is
being put to, and I feel, cannot be generalized as stated above.
Progress has been inherent with the human race. As the human brain
developed, so has progress been achieved, in almost all fields known
to man. The cultural progress over the ages, have made humans
better and made this world, a better place to live in. Similarly,
scientific progress has been effective in eradicating diseases,
providing better food crops, facilitating transportation etc. Literary
progress has helped us better document our history and has produced
works that have made us think. Progress in communication
techniques have converged this whole world of ours, into the `global
village`.
If we look at the above examples, we see that they are all aimed at
the betterment of our world. Here progress is being applied for the
society`s good.
The products from the same progress in the various fields, when in
wrong hands, wreak havoc in the same society that they are
supposed to make better.
Sophisticated arms & explosives in the hands of terrorists &
children, science of human cloning in the hands of scientists, crop
control technologies in the hands of corporations etc., are some of
the examples of how progress can go wrong. Think of how much
better the world would be, without nuclear and biological weapons,
without mutated food grains et al. Think of how many people would
not have died or maimed for life, if there had been no land mines ?
After witnessing the destructive use the Dynamite could be put to,
Alfred Nobel himself repented his own creation of Dynamite so
much that he set up the Nobel prize, to be awarded to people who
work for the betterment of the human society.
Therefore, it is my strong contention that progress is only good when
it is put to the right use, for the betterment and uplift of the individual
and the society, on a whole. Progress put to any ulterior uses should
be out rightly condemned.
