Technological Advancement At The Expense Of Nature.
Civilization is not one of the topics I love discussing but sometimes it's just inevitable, everyone has their perspective on it and I find it pointless dissecting and analysing something we have zero chance of changing. Instead of engaging with topics like this, I just listen and learn things that I do not know. I have seen people get into discussions about how well civilization has fixed or ruined the world but the fact is that we are still in this same world regardless of what we think about civilization.
Whether civilization has ruined or fixed the world, one thing I am certain about is that humans wouldn't have lived the same way for centuries. We increase in size daily, we understand more about our existence and environment daily, and these things have made change inevitable for us. It is constant, we are meant to grow naturally but we always have a name for everything rather than blame ourselves for the repercussions of the things we have done wrongly.
The first question I ask people is, "Would there have been anything called civilization without humans?"
We started it but greed and selfish desire of vanity have made things go beyond our control. Humans commit blunders and in the course of covering their tracks, they commit more blunders which is why the world is where it is today. Our population isn't the same, there is a need for government, improved medical healthcare system, communication, machines and a lot more. We have all these but use them wrongly and still blame those things that can't function without humans controlling them.
It is hard to point at just one thing as the best that civilization has done for us despite the harm it has caused. I think about agricultural advancements, medicine, education, and technology and realized that the world would have been a happier and better place if we didn't allow greed to lead us to where we are. Among the things civilization has done, I rate technological advancement as the biggest of them all.
When I was a kid, I remember how stressful it was for us to communicate with my dad abroad. My mom spent a lot of money monthly on that because there were only a few business places where you could make international calls. Things changed at some point and we could make internet calls at cybercafe at a cheaper price. Today, we can make calls easily to any part of the world from the comfort of our homes.
It doesn't end at that, education has been made easier with the advancements in technology. The medical sector has been impacted positively and we can't overlook how it has affected the finances as well. The advancement in technology is what led to Cryptocurrency, faster means of transportation and being able to engage on Hive wouldn't have been possible without technological advancement. All these are a great deal for the human race but it's sad that there are people who have used this technological advancement wrongly, they have caused harm, ruined lives and in the end we blame civilization instead of humans who are the real culprits.
Civilization came with a price and its effect on nature is my biggest challenge with it because I feel like it would get to a time when everything we are striving to build or improve on would amount to nothing when humans push nature to the limit. All sorts of pollution, deforestation and others keep happening every day, and it bothers me how much more of all these can nature handle before it brings the human race their worst nightmare.
We are bearing the consequences already but being able to adapt to new conditions has made us not think too much about the floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters happening globally. We feel we can always build again when these things happen and I hope one day won't just be the end of it all.
As much as I enjoy various advancements in technology, it breaks my heart to know that nature takes the biggest hit for everything. I mentioned earlier that it's pointless getting into some discussion when we can't do anything to change the situation surrounding it, not being able to do anything about how civilization is affecting nature doesn't make me feel good.
I earn a living with the help of technology advancement and no one would have thought that working from home would be anything possible today. I am a benefactor but thinking about nature sometimes affects my productivity mentally. Although, we might think we don't have any problems because we barely experience impactful natural disasters in my country but sooner or later, every human will be affected.
Regardless of what civilization has done, we have all learned to live and adapt to the new normal. The weather isn't what it used to be but we are coping which is what humans do best, we will always find a way. I am coping as well and while enjoying technological advancement, I also try to play my part to nature.
Everything, they say, comes at a price. Civilization has it's many, many benefits but it also takes from us as well in many, brutal ways.
Thank you for sharing.
Yeah, there is always two ways to everything in life. It's just sad that we have allowed the bad side to flourish a lot, thanks.
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Civilisation is like a bouncing ball, it goes forward and backward, it has its advantages and disadvantages. Like you said it impossible for humans to stay the same, civilisation is a gradual process that has always been in motion as we advance in knowledge and numbers, it is not as if we could stop civilisation from happening. It is a natural continuous process in human lives.
It is quite disheartening thinking about the devastating effect brought by the worlds advancement which is a result of civilisation but where will we be without civilisation?
Thanks to Civilisation, humans have created thousands of instruments of mass distruction, in the name of creating means to protect themselves and their property, which eventually falls into wrong hands like terrorist and such weapons are used to terrorise humans
It is just really hard to say, are we truly better off without civilisation? Can we really make it this far without civilisation? Civilisation is a tricky concept to discuss because there are a lot of angles of it.
I like your perspective and presentation of the concept of civilisation, it is educative.
A lot of people think we are better off without civilization but that's not true judging my the population and the needs of people now.
I have read stories about people living away from civilization yet they have phones, fans and even solar power in their houses. At this point we are in the world, it's impossible to do away with civilization.
Thanks for your very thoughtful comment.
I find it weird too😅, no matter the negative effect of civilisation, humans can't do without it, it is a part of us and a natural force just like life itself. Even if a human should abandon everything brought by civilisation, by walking on a tiled road or living in a country, it is still a product of civilisation because before civilisation was there any thing like national boundaries within states?
Technology should be at the service of humanity and civilization, that's why I applaud your point of view. The problem is from mine that this is taking over us and I feel that the owners of these technologies use us as a means to obtain profits in a selfish way, they are not distributed equitably and these companies develop more technologies to create more needs and not to cover them, they do not support people as such or even nature. Unfortunately we ourselves create these technologies that as I said at the beginning should be at our service to improve as a civilization and not to take it over. A big greeting, I think your publication is really very good and makes us question many things.
Thanks for your contribution, technology is meant to serve us and not the other way around. It is what it is and we can only have a better approach to civilization.
There is no doubt about how helpful technology is but the disadvantages of it is telling on the nature which is affecting every thing in the world 🌎
I just hope we can stop disturbing the nature and yet still have the technology as well
Improving with technology comes at the detriment of something, there is no way to go about it and I feel we can just put more effort into restoring nature while we also grow in tech.
I agreed with you learning to adapt all forms of situation is key to what civilization has done now.
Thanks for sharing and hope to read more
Thanks for engaging.
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Communication was a real big issue then, look at how easy it is now, we when take it for granted not knowing what we are enjoying now.
And as for our nature reserves that continually face depletion, its a real big issue that needs to be attended to before we lost our planet.
Losing the planet will happen inevitably because we are on the edge of it. Every day, there is one problem or the other that has to do with natural disaster. Let hope thing become positive henceforth.
Yeah...
The more we grow as a people, the more nature suffers as a result. A time will come when nature will begin to fight back, I only hope we're ready for such a time.
The human race can never be ready, not everyone will suffer because there are wealthy people who will pay any amount just to stay alive.
Elon Musk's space project is an example of the shelter the wealthy ones are preparing ahead of that time. They will jet out immediately after the problem starts and the masses will pay the price.
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Because of civilization many things become easier and comfortable for us and we are enjoying those facilities in our daily life. But it is same time it brings some disadvantages like you to said it destroying the nature. I think in the future doesn't matter how much we develop our technology we will suffer fot destroying the nature.
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The Advent of advanced technology has brought a lot of relief to mankind atleast what seems to be far is more closer to us now, communication now is not just by normally calls but we can use data through several means. Infact I now prefer to use my data to make calls than normal credit.
Wonderful entry dear