Progress – its benefits and harms pptx

Progress – its benefits and harms Progress normally means improvement, that is, a movement towards something better than what it is.. It is undoubted that progress does make living easie

Progress – its benefits and harms

Progress normally means improvement, that is, a

movement towards something better than what it is It is

undoubted that progress does make living easier for

mankind It is also undoubted that we have to pay a price

for progress Thus progress has its benefits as well as its

undesirable companion, harms

The town I live in is undergoing great changes A few

years back there was greenery all around the town Now

the hills and forests are quickly removed for building

houses I admit that the houses are urgently required for

the ever expanding population and the building of these

houses certainly do benefit the residents If these houses

are not built then the result will be that illegal squatters will

spring up and make matters worse

However, progress for us has to be paid with a terrible

price The price of this is the loss of the hills and forests,

and together with it the natural habitat of the flora and

fauna that cannot say anything in protest So a benefit for

human beings results in harm to the natural environment

Which is more important, human benefit or natural

preservation? I really cannot answer that

This trend of progress whereby it is beneficial to man and

harmful to the environment is evident everywhere The

likelihood is that this trend will continue and probably get

more intense Look anywhere in the world where man has

chosen to make progress and the evidence of

environment destruction is plain to see

For instance, the construction of supper highways is

definitely necessary for the old system of roads simply

cannot cater for the number of vehicles using them These

highways are of great benefit and convenience to human

beings To the environment, however, the highways are

like great dividing lines that cut the hand into many

sections No animal, and for that matter, human being, is

allowed to cross from one side of the road to the other In

other words, physical contact between both sides of the

road is restricted An animal cannot go from one side to

the other without the risk of being run over Carcasses of

such creatures can be seen daily on these highways

These dumb creatures do not know any traffic rule So

they get killed needlessly

So the factories and other human constructions continue

to eat into the natural environment We human beings

benefit each day as we grow in wealth and power Our

living becomes easier and more convenient as we invent

more and more gadgets to do our chores for us We enjoy

the fruits of our progress

The Earth, however, has to provide us with all our

comforts and as such, the natural world has to be

denuded So far the Earth can still cope with the unnatural

demands of human beings One day when we have

exhausted our natural resources, we may find that, despite

all our modern conveniences, and because of them, our

world is no longer fit to live in We would have destroyed it