We have come a long way; from our ancestors eating on banana leaves to us using disposable plastic plates; from them using mashed up spiders for aching tooth (yes! It did happen) to us with the most latest technology, laser as such, to take the pain away; from the time when steam boats, ox-carts, wagons took weeks to cover a ‘small’ distance to today, when no corner of the world is ‘far’; from walking barefoot on path of cobblestone to running on treadmill with Nike shoes on.
Science has boomed to a great admeasurement; to a – dare be said – scary one.
Our life depends so much on technology that a day (an hour, rather) without it could cause us to panic. Imagine no escalators in malls/airports, no ATM machines, no hand phones or worst, no laptops! Life’s a handicap without these things, isn’t it?
Yes, science is advancing for our free lunch (supposedly) but relying completely on such facilities is another thing and that is where we are headed. That being said, I would not want to make my own life difficult by letting go of the aforementioned and many more privileges.
We see the danger, we see the future (where world would come to an end with one day of electricity cut; which again is likely to happen due to the rapid usage of resources), yet we refuse to succumb to it and continue to be ignorant. After all, ignorance IS bliss.
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