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Posted by: ultimatetornado
When I think of the word progress I think improvement. So if there has been improvement that is progress. That's what i'm basing my argument on. From the day we are born to our last breath we improve individual. We crawl and improve to walk. We talk and improve to read and write too. We improve our logic system (brain/mind) through school, reading stuff on the internet (flood :) ), deductive reasoning. We apply our knowledge science projects and such. So since our lives are based around improvement our societies are too. Animals are born with instincts some don't even learn in their entire lifespans and live off instinct. We learn and adapt as I said above. So our society has been a reflection of our individual lives. Started out as a tribe with a life expectancy of around 40 or even 30. To today's with planes, computers, cars, social networking with a life expectancy of 80 years. All this is on the rise too. As you mentioned short term memory is becoming more important but that also drives us forward, since we want to do everything faster better, more efficient we must improve and thus progress to a next stage. Also there will always be long term thinkers even if its becoming a minority and one person can change the world, Einstein, Newton, Darwin, etc, All single handedly advanced science which seems to be what moves us forward today, everything runs on its principles including the economy, art, and everyday ideas.Very constructive response. Glad to see some thought put into words here. I agree with various points of yours, but I also have the big problem of the universe.If the universe is truly never ending- What good does it do to keep accumulating ideas and compounding ancestry if its all so transparent when related to the old "grand scheme" of things? Do you think this makes humans God-like because they can attempt to give the illusion to themselves as a species that they are making progress? Or is the equation always balanced with a negative and we end up depleting our world by making said progress? In such case, how terribly tragic... Our lives would be ironic, yet petty
[Edited on 12.05.2012 9:08 PM PST]