brainsap.

boom.

the unfortunate thing about this advent of change in the context of our society is that its a NET change for the worst. and what we deem as 'improvements to people's lifestyles' is actually exacerbating the already catastrophic psychological situation of our world society.

look at cloning. so people are mainly against cloning for the identity and religious reasons, but consider this. if we, in future, are able to easily clone whatever we wish in hopes of getting back people, animals or things that we lost, the human race is going to face a big psychological problem. future generations will start to lose the ability to deal with loss. as much as it isnt a much talked about topic, death is a vital part of human life and embracing human life. its the fragility if human life that gives it its significance and importance.

the human race wont learn to deal with losses, it won't learn to appreciate life since life will be able to be created so easily.


already the human race is facing so many psychological problems as such. look at the number of people who are being locked up in mental asylums, and the number of people who are on prozac as a solution to their depression probems. and now compare it to numbers from say, 30-40 years ago.

you see, conveniences such as prozac become the utopian solution for someone in a position such as these millions and billions of people. a pill has become the replacement of self-solution.

i mean look at it, between a pill that you can pop once every day or even few hours, as compared to having to sit down, identify and workout solutions to your life problems, which is the easier alternative?


we're always using science to aid us, but when is too much aid detrimental to the psychological welfare of society itself?

when is it too much, that we stop helping ourselves instead of turning to technology to help us.


the failure of technology is in its 'effortlessness'. together with 'effortlessness' comes the lack of significance. as the expression goes "water off a duck's back". we CANNOT deny that when we look at earlier generations, there are vast differences. for one, the putting out of effort taught us the significance of hard work. it taught us that nothing in life, especially if you want it to be heartfelt, can be achieved easily.


in a nutshell, we try and control and minimise these life 'inconveniences' and 'failures' in the human, until we remove from ourselves, the situations that would otherwise allow us to mature psychologically, and learn to deal with hardships rather than turn to easy alternatives.

this would explain the increasingly evident "phenomenon" of shortening patience, and heightened irritability in our "modern" society, where everything has to be quick and easy.

another thing that technology ravages is our ability to face up to situations and take on responsibility. theres always a 'quick fix' to everything, and technology allows us to undo the wrong that we do. as such, we dont think twice when we decide to do things.




so in about 50 years time, wouldnt it be sad to see grown men walking around with about as much maturity as a 5 year old?