No, I do not think that progress is necessarily beneficial for society.
Let me state why.
1)Having progress means higher standards of living. There will be better quality food and higher income and people will enjoy the luxury they have. As the society becomes more competitive, people would not be able to cope with the hardship and thus, they will not be able to keep up with the high tempo of living. With the higher tempo of living, there will be a lack of human relationship. Thus, people will become more self-centered and boastful.
2)Progress also means more factories. This would harm the environment and also the society. This would also lead to global warming.
3)In the novel Village by the Sea, building factories is a benefit for the government in Bombay. However, the villagers in Thul disagree. They are afraid that they would lose their job such as fishing and even finding a job in the factories would be difficult. Thus, they would need to move to other places as the rich move in.
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Hi Kuang Ian,
ReplyDeleteI disagree to what you say. Do you really want to live in a society that does not improve? For example, do you want to always live in the same place which does not change a bit? Like if Singapore did not progress and become the country we are now, we would still be a third world country now.
Maybe if in the future, we may be able to solve our global warming problem. So if we do not continue progressing, we might not be able to solve the problems that we have created. Hence progress is benificial for society. :)
Nice post, well described, but you could split them up into pros and cons of progress.
ReplyDeleteYou said that progress means more factories and you stated the cons of it well, but what about the pros of factories?You also stated the cons of higher standards of life, but please look at the pros of it too. :)