It is so great it is almost as impossible to comprehend as the vastness of space. If every dollar we have spent on every war and every great mind engineering weapons to destroy ourselves were put to use for all of us, I believe we’d be hopping over to Pluto for lunch, or vacationing on Mars, or having dinner at the bottom of the ocean in a new Atlantis.
but what makes you think that progress is necessary, or indeed beneficial to humanity..?
I don’t think it is necessary and only a small part of it seems beneficial to me (like travel and medical). But it is human nature it seems so I accept it for what it is and think of the things we could accomplish. Personally, I’d be content to roll back the clock a couple of hundred years, living off the land and in the mountains.Some nice sentiments being expressed,,,,
Progress for the sake of progress... is a trap.
Progress has increased control over us, has limited humankind in the guise of 'convenience '.
Progress may be made spontaneously and with the right intent/mindset it will indeed add something to our experience of this reality but, i feel, progress as a driving force behind our civilisation is actually the biggest problem that we experience collectively.
People will cite advances in medicine, for example, as progress,,,,but a deeper understanding will show that these were needed to correct ailments that were generated by progress, albeit 'earlier' in nature.
Statistics can be thrown about and manipulated to suit needs, but are we really better off due to supposed progress
Just my early 1 Jan 2025 thoughts.
Happy New year
AD
