This quote too stuck in my mind as I read Ways of the World Chap 18. "The machine produces much too fast." Just thinking back on the past 200 years, us human beings have advanced tremendously! The more ahead you are in society regarding to technology, or things that make you more advanced than other societies when it comes to doing things easier or in a less amount of time, you are given power to how advanced you are. Power such as Great Britain, which started out as small, but grew and grew until it almost dominated the entire world. What happens when we advance to the point which our advances make it so that we can no longer advance without going backwards??
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Week 5-Revolutions of Industrializations
"Industrialization is, I am afraid, going to be a curse for mankind.... God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the West. The economic imperialism of a single time island kingdom is today keeping the world in chains. If an entire nation of 300 millions took to similar economic exploitation, it would strip the world bare like locusts.... Industrialization on a mass scale will necessarily lead to passive or active exploitation of the villagers.... The machine produces much too fast." -Mahatma Gandhi
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Sometimes, thinking about how much power a country or person has, is terrifying. It is scary to think that many people abuse the power of technology and advancement, for their own use. I really like this post, and agree that "the machine produces much too fast," and that we have definitely advanced tremendously. It is weird to think about where we will be in 100 years from now. How advanced can our world be..? What new things do we have in-store for us in the future..? It is crazy to look back on our history, and see where our ancestors once were. One day kids of our kids of our kids will be looking back at us, and learning about our time.
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