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And that's exactly my point. We are making actual progress, we are changing people's lives for the better, but if you live in the first world, you won't feel th
by pcstl 7y ago
And that's exactly my point. We are making actual progress, we are changing people's lives for the better, but if you live in the first world, you won't feel that, as most of the Big Issues of human life have already been solved. The first world is currently struggling with Big Issues that are a level above that, such as global warming, which the average person doesn't feel impact their life so directly.
That is why technological progress and economic growth matter.
- oldsklgdfth 7y agoI would argue that the struggles you mention, i.e. starvation and disease, are more prevalent as a result of industrial development. Large scale starvation is a result of centralized farming and disease stem for population density. Small scale tribes don't face these issues chronically, they either overcome them or they don't. I would also argue that specifically global warming is a direct consequence of technological progress and the industrialization of society. Human pollution would not be a problem is it weren't for materialism. Technology provides comfort, as some expense. Either reliance on a central supply for food, water, electricity. Or in the form of pollution and exploitation of other humans. In your opinion what is the ultimate value of colonizing mars for example? edit: I am also from a "developing" country where the struggle is clearly visible.