INHUMANE GENERATION
1.Technology juxtaposition
Today I was vouching through
Netflix for a good documentary and I found “The social dilemma” documentary to
be promising, relevant for this generation about how social media is making us
get addicted to the feeds, ad’s, notifications, etc.. Consider this paradoxical
question: since all tools are made by humans, must not all human-made tools
express our humanity? Are tools and technologies inevitably humane because
they’ve been made by humans, and thus are extensions of someone’s humanity? And
so, bluntly, am I then also responsible for them despite
my clear-eyed everyday sense that some innovations are humane while others are
not?
The
boundary between the human-made world and humans themselves is increasingly
hard to draw.. Today, given the primacy of digital technology in mediating human
experience, aren’t we species fundamentally shaped by personal technologies:
past, present, future?So anticipation,foresight and understanding would seem to be essential for any ethical, sustainable
approach to technological innovation. While
this seems essentially impossible. There’s also the other nagging
suspicion that when we reject a new tool as inhumane we
sometimes do so in order to mount a celebration of our unique, and highly
questionable, conception of the virtues and manifest destiny of our own
species, or even our own selves. Yet any such conclusion should raise worries
about a tendency to confuse one’s own values with a general, or universal,
approach to responsible innovation.
Before we reflect on whether the
above scenario is realistic, let us say together: humility first, before we
applaud our good judgement.
2.Planet perspective
Are we too occupied in our lives that we overlooked the
essence of sustainable development and conserving/ preserving planet for future
generation?
Sustainable
development is coined
in a way that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs. The whole concept has been upturned
because of our past generations who didn’t protect or bother to be sustainable from
every aspect but am not accusing them either, nevertheless even our generation doesn’t
care to protect the planet, who are still in their comfort zones, running behind
petty obsessions without having wisdom of contentment. With WFH being the
new norm, Individual’s life is in chaos and lacking social awareness with so called
overrated “busy” term and sounds like people don’t have time to think about personal
life, social issues, environment. This past week has been so dreadful predominantly
in California with the wildfire’s everywhere and unhealthy air to breathe on
top off Covid. At one point it started to feel we are on Mars or may be that
doom’s day is nearby or was it the result of our past actions. The whole
concept of wildfire, covid is making us realize the importance of having sense
of responsibility towards sustainable development. It kind of astonishes me to
see how people are still not comprehending the fact that we have become the
destroyers of environment. Be it wasting electricity, using plastic, tissue papers,
wasting water, deforestation and what not.
Why are we not evaluating what we are doing and how we are responsible
for abolishing the planet? How inhumane our thinking is which is unswervingly impacting
wildlife. Don’t you feel that it’s high time to create awareness amongst our generation
to preserve and save environment by doing it small.
I would like to know everyone’s thoughts/notions/opinions/ideas
on how we can improve the current situation and be a responsible inhabitant in
saving our earth?
What about traditional cars put out a lot of exhaust, which pollutes the air ? I would say bike more and drive less unless it is warranted.
ReplyDeletePractically you cannot bike upto 30 or 40 miles unless you love biking or you're an athlete.It kinda makes sense to bike or walk for shorter distances that way at-least we are reducing the fossil fuel emissions.Encouraging public transport would be an option too but this COVID has taken away the flexibility of using public transport.
DeleteIn mere future if electric cars produced are cheaper would be an other way to reduce the emissions.
That's the problem. Prior to modern travel infrastructures such as railways and highways, most people did not travel very much at all.
DeleteWe have reached an Era, where we have done damage to the Nature in such a way that it can't be recovered that easily. There is nothing any government or a country can do to bring a change to save the disasters around the globe. We as an individual must realize the importance of protecting the earth and bring this change. Every little thing we do in our lives make a greater impact on whether saving or destroying the earth and its life forms.
ReplyDeleteThe wildlife, trees and Nature they dont need our protection or recognition as an endangered or extinct species, they just need to be treated with respect as equally as humans. And we should always keep in mind that earth equally belongs to every tree and Animal as it belongs to Humans.
Ofcourse we humans are called social animals.I totally agree but it should small by taking up minute tasks in protecting environment and wildlife.
DeleteMany of the problems are related - sustainability, poverty, inequality, unemployment etc. You cannot ask a person earning 12$ an hour to buy an electric vehicle... Neither can you expect someone working at oil rig to quit their jobs without showing an alternative... A holistic approach is very important now... People are lot more educated about climate change than ever before.. we still have a long way to go
ReplyDeletePeople are lot more educated but doesn't have awareness about how tiny things are impacting the planet. For eg: We leave the sockets unplugged after every use it leaves humongous carbon prints down the line.Therefore if we were to start small unplug them after every use.
DeleteIf it is in our reach to do something better for the planet then definitely we need to be sustainable.
We are just the descendants to this planet and there's no guarantee that everyone who lives on this planet is gonna be a centenarian and we are just a collection of atoms that come together for a Brief period of time and then fall apart.Everyone knows this,but most of the times we overuse the resources like water that costed us nothing.We cannot blame anyone BCoz we are the reason for the incidents that took place till now.Atleast we need to be careful frol now Coz if this continues there will be nothing left to the future generations...
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- Harika P