change is not always progress
Change Is Not Always Progress
Let’s start off with something simple. Progress is “advancement” or “improvement”. Change? Change is “substituting/replacing” or “transforming”. So while change may not result in progress, progress definitely requires change. Change is inevitable, but whether or not this change is in the right direction, moving forward, is what determines if there is progress. Hence, it isn’t change, but progress, that we should be aiming for.
Scientific and technological invention leads to change. But does it always lead to progress? Take for instance, the introduction of the ultrasound sonography. The idea in itself was path breaking, and this procedure was meant to assist doctors and to-be parents alike to take better care of the unborn. But in countries like India, it has been more of a regressive change, where the sonography is used to find the gender of the unborn resulting in higher rates of female foeticide.
Organ transplanting – another major breakthrough in the field of medicine. What was purported to be a life saving procedure turned into, for many, just the opposite. Its regressive use has lead to many healthy patients being robbed and even killed for their organs.
Technological change also brought with it the nuclear age – nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Progress? Not likely. How can the idea of an entire nation being wiped out with these nuclear weapons be equated to progress?
Our society is subject to change. All social orders are subject to change. With economic growth, there have been several attempts to achieve societal progress. Why is it then that most women all over the world still fight for equality and empowerment? For liberty and justice?
Another change brought about by economic growth is corruption. How can any nation progress when its bureaucracy and judiciary itself are making it hollow?
Progress has many dimensions. It involves extending freedom to more individuals. We all know that a rising per capita income
Let’s start off with something simple. Progress is “advancement” or “improvement”. Change? Change is “substituting/replacing” or “transforming”. So while change may not result in progress, progress definitely requires change. Change is inevitable, but whether or not this change is in the right direction, moving forward, is what determines if there is progress. Hence, it isn’t change, but progress, that we should be aiming for.
Scientific and technological invention leads to change. But does it always lead to progress? Take for instance, the introduction of the ultrasound sonography. The idea in itself was path breaking, and this procedure was meant to assist doctors and to-be parents alike to take better care of the unborn. But in countries like India, it has been more of a regressive change, where the sonography is used to find the gender of the unborn resulting in higher rates of female foeticide.
Organ transplanting – another major breakthrough in the field of medicine. What was purported to be a life saving procedure turned into, for many, just the opposite. Its regressive use has lead to many healthy patients being robbed and even killed for their organs.
Technological change also brought with it the nuclear age – nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Progress? Not likely. How can the idea of an entire nation being wiped out with these nuclear weapons be equated to progress?
Our society is subject to change. All social orders are subject to change. With economic growth, there have been several attempts to achieve societal progress. Why is it then that most women all over the world still fight for equality and empowerment? For liberty and justice?
Another change brought about by economic growth is corruption. How can any nation progress when its bureaucracy and judiciary itself are making it hollow?
Progress has many dimensions. It involves extending freedom to more individuals. We all know that a rising per capita income