Evolution rules all. It is the river on which we float, we do not know where it will lead us. Evolution requires a few things:
First off,it requires changers. People that will change the flow of history. They are few and far between, I'd say less then 1% of the population. It is these few people that continue human civilization, allowing the others to survive, carrying them on their backs.
Secondly, evolution requires the breaking down and changing of prior practice and knowledge. This occurs through individual evolution, viewing the group status quo, and recognizing faults in it. We continue to live, survive, and evolve simply through the reparation of past failings. Through this process, the power of our machines and the possibilities inherent in our society strengthen and grow.
It is survival on the macro level. In the capitalist society we live in here in America, it is possible for anyone-let me say it again-ANYONE, to prosper thousands and thousands times more then those around him or her. It is only through this person's thoughts and will to succeed that the evolution continues of the human species.
As I and a colleague discussed this notion of current evolution, a few things came up. Firstly, if we are teaching history classes in all the schools to all the youth, why are we not teaching a future class. Why are we, in the year 2008, not able to predict where things will go EVEN WITHIN the next 3 years. How is this not possible yet? So in essence, we must focus as much on future developments as much as we focus on past ones. Secondly, we are not predicting history right now at a fast enough or deep enough level. Global warming has suddenly crept up on us. And how long was it before we knew it existed that we started to act, even in the least bit. Will we be prepared for the next step in this cycle? And the growth rate of weapons of mass destruction in the world. In 100 short years, how far have we advanced in this field. From nothing at all to what we currently have. And it does not stop.
Where will you be in 30 years when the needs of society outgrow their current boundaries? What will you say when the births of 2020 are more versed and wise in technology then you will ever reach? Will there be certain members of our generation that will set the boundaries for survival?
And will one of those people be you?
3 comments:
I liked your point about teaching "future" classes instead of history classes. Perhaps it was our sub-par high school history teachers that turned me off to the subject, but I am intrigued by your idea. I think the best thing we can do for our future is to educate ourselves and our children in the art of thinking. It's being lost to intellectually stagnating media alternatives. The greatest revolutions in the history of the world have been induced by free thought. It naturally brings new light to the world. The problem is that "thought" is losing ground to ease.
Pretty heavy stuff. Poetry was great too.
thanks
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