The Things About The World That Don’t Make Sense

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As society continues to go on, we can see things grow more and more complicated. While we like to think of these advancements as creating great things to help our world, the fact is much of the new technologies invented by scientists and engineers are only matters of convenience. So many things, from a paper towel dispenser to an automatic soap dispenser can massively improve the speed at which we can get through our day to day lives, but how much more convenient will things actually become?

There’s a funny anecdote by a technology philosopher: He said that with today’s technologies in widescreen televisions increasing to larger and larger sizes, we’ll soon have a life like screen that takes up a whole wall. The next scientific advancement after this will be the ability to see this wall in 3D. Someday, we may actually have the chance to walk through the wall and experience life on the other side. Then as we can live in this super-realistic environment, we’ll be capable of watching TV! The meaning of this is that all our advancements, while certainly amazing, are not enhancing our lives in creative ways. Imagine the number of scientists, engineers and IT professionals it would have required to develop widescreen televisions to the state they are now at. What would our world look like if they instead spent this time creating medicines, or advancements more valuable than our own amusement?

Bottled water is an additional great example of the strange situation Western civilization today finds itself in. While we could easily get clean drinking water out of the tap (a miracle of science in itself), there is still a want for water that’s basically the same, only bottled and sold in a shop. To openly ask the shopkeeper as to why this is will most likely get you a few dirty looks, but it’s still amusing to consider the direction this world is going in.

So are these developments simply a part of human nature, or is there other things forcing us to demand more and more convenience? Many activisits remark that as groups grow and grow, they start to take on the properties of a machine rather than a society. Those within this machine will misinterpret the demands of such a machine as their own inner natures. We can see this occur today, as those in our society often believe bottled water, owning a hundred pairs of shoes, and spending all of their earnings on things they don’t need, are nevertheless convinced that they’re winning the game of life.

If we look at communities outside of Westerners, we can see something far different. Indigenous cultures such as the Australian Aboriginal and Native American had a view of living that was far more attached to nature, and saw the human race as simply another animal. While the assumption of rule has been made by today’s culture, perhaps recent economic and environmental troubles are signs of the temporary nature of the supremity of Western civilization.

Connor Sullivan reviewed a new paper towel dispenser for use at the local gymnasium. He installed a new automatic soap dispenser for use at his church

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