A Rant

The world is always in a constant state of change. Through the years of their existence, humans have "tamed" the world around them. In the early days they had to rely on the environment to help them survive. Soon they learned the art of making tools. Stones became cutting instruments. They could make fire. They sharpened them, got better, and soon they learned of metals. Metals provided better instruments to help them survive. To defend themselves, to live, to conquer. In time, humans had the wheel, and slowly power. They created electricity, the telegraph, the telephone. The industrial age saw a host of new inventions, all making life easier, more comfortable, and quickening the pace of life.

One can say that all this increased the quality of life, to make humans live longer, fuller and happier lives. But look around. All this innovation, technological marvels we call them, are they really that good? The quantity of life around us has grown, but what can we say about the quality? Is this age of technological revolution really all its made out to be? The world is suffering around us, and the few that are lucky, are enjoying what they can of Gaea, before the greed and selfishness that is our primal nature destroy everything around us.

We survived one ice age, which saw a lot of the earth subdued. Now we are triggering a heat wave. A heat wave that is slowly snowballing into something that can have dire consequences. Are we really that cocky a race? Or is it the case with all the creatures here? The privileged few, rule over the powerless masses. A strong argument against my stand is that not everyone dominates in this manner. We have many people who reach out, and try to bring the world closer together, to better the people who suffer. But, how many, I ask? Out of the billion who can, a few million, help? Is that enough?

What can we do? If this is not enough? Baby steps is the way, but soon the baby must walk, and run. Baby steps cant keep going on forever. Education is always seen as the most important thing to impart. Once a person knows what is happening, he/she can always react to it better themselves.

The world is getting too interconnected for countries to stand idly by, and watch others destroy themselves. It is also too connected for countries to impart their belief system on others which are surviving. What we probably need is a dawn of realization. We need to learn to cooperate. We need to look at life without thinking internal bickering, or politics. Yet, I wonder, how can a social animal like humans ever lift oneself up from this petty behaviour? Well, we need to find a way, or else our days are numbered.