Is progress necessarily beneficial for society?
In my opinion, progress is NOT necessarily beneficial for society. Adaptability is a problem that many faces when it comes to progress and change, especially when it is a huge one.
Using reference from Village by the Sea, the villagers were totally unhappy when they heard about factories which are about to be set up in the village, taking away their land. Factories produce sewage which will pollute the sea will cause fishes, the main source of food in the village, to die. Also, most villagers would not be hired to work in the factory, leaving them with nothing left, but to die.
With the above example, I can conclude that progress may not only not be beneficial for society, but could also harm the natural way of it. Hence, once again, progress is NOT necessarily beneficial for society because of the fact that it may have more negative impacts than positive ones. Even if there were to be progress, I would feel that it would have to be a step-by-step progress instead of a huge leap where the people of the society has to adapt quickly to a huge change.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Is progress necessarily beneficial for society?
Posted by Jasper Yeo at 5:19 PM
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