ADVENT OF MAN: BOON OR BANE
Man is the ruler of this planet for several thousand years. Today he rules the land, the oceans and the skies and has no natural competitor. ‘The advent of man on Earth’ Proved to be cataclysmic for the whole ecosystem of this planet. Man has been responsible for the extinction of several thousand animal and plant species in last 200 years alone leading to severe irreversible ecological imbalance. The damage done to our ecosystem in last 75 years alone is far worse than all the damage done before that. The rise of human friendly technology and machines proved to be a curse for all other living beings and has in fact shortened the life of man himself. Whatever we claim, but all our advancements in science and technology have always been inimical to all other living beings and were intended to benefit man alone. Our mindless exploitation of natural resources without any conscientiousness or care for our ecosystem has resulted into catastrophic damage to all natural habitats. Man has never been friendly to any. He has poisoned the oceans, polluted the air and devoured the land. The forest cover has dwindled to alarming levels leaving thousands of animal species homeless. Our oceans have equally suffered and thousands of marine species have become extinct due to pollution and reckless fishing. Air pollution mainly due to vehicular emissions and industrial smoke, has decimated the bird species.
Today, ‘global warming’ is a hot topic but have we paused a while to think of those factors which brought about all this. Today, our spending on weapons is far more than ever before and there is a race for acquiring nuclear weapons among nations but have we thought even once that any single use of a nuclear weapon shall conflagrate it enough to wipe out the mankind from this planet. Today, we have a plethora of invincible diseases which are a byproduct of our scientific and technological misadventures. Scientists today claim to create human organs, and even humans in the laboratory but number of people dying of various diseases today is far more than those in the past. All our scientific advancements have brought about associated health hazards with them. Pollution today seems to be the biggest challenge and everything around us has been affected by it whether it is air we breathe in or the vegetables we eat or the water we drink. Diseases like Diabetes, cancer; AIDS, etc. are still invincible and claim millions of people every year.
In a nutshell, it can be said that due to our directionless and lackadaisical concern for our environment, today, we find ourselves sitting on a ticking bomb. Despite all our advances in science and technology, we may at last find ourselves defeated by a small virus or an environmental phenomenon. It does not imply that advancements in technology and science are baneful, but these must have a holistic approach and must not disregard or contravene our nature and environment. Instead of sham seriousness, our governments should act diligently and purposefully towards environmental issues.
Man is the ruler of this planet for several thousand years. Today he rules the land, the oceans and the skies and has no natural competitor. ‘The advent of man on Earth’ Proved to be cataclysmic for the whole ecosystem of this planet. Man has been responsible for the extinction of several thousand animal and plant species in last 200 years alone leading to severe irreversible ecological imbalance. The damage done to our ecosystem in last 75 years alone is far worse than all the damage done before that. The rise of human friendly technology and machines proved to be a curse for all other living beings and has in fact shortened the life of man himself. Whatever we claim, but all our advancements in science and technology have always been inimical to all other living beings and were intended to benefit man alone. Our mindless exploitation of natural resources without any conscientiousness or care for our ecosystem has resulted into catastrophic damage to all natural habitats. Man has never been friendly to any. He has poisoned the oceans, polluted the air and devoured the land. The forest cover has dwindled to alarming levels leaving thousands of animal species homeless. Our oceans have equally suffered and thousands of marine species have become extinct due to pollution and reckless fishing. Air pollution mainly due to vehicular emissions and industrial smoke, has decimated the bird species.
Today, ‘global warming’ is a hot topic but have we paused a while to think of those factors which brought about all this. Today, our spending on weapons is far more than ever before and there is a race for acquiring nuclear weapons among nations but have we thought even once that any single use of a nuclear weapon shall conflagrate it enough to wipe out the mankind from this planet. Today, we have a plethora of invincible diseases which are a byproduct of our scientific and technological misadventures. Scientists today claim to create human organs, and even humans in the laboratory but number of people dying of various diseases today is far more than those in the past. All our scientific advancements have brought about associated health hazards with them. Pollution today seems to be the biggest challenge and everything around us has been affected by it whether it is air we breathe in or the vegetables we eat or the water we drink. Diseases like Diabetes, cancer; AIDS, etc. are still invincible and claim millions of people every year.
In a nutshell, it can be said that due to our directionless and lackadaisical concern for our environment, today, we find ourselves sitting on a ticking bomb. Despite all our advances in science and technology, we may at last find ourselves defeated by a small virus or an environmental phenomenon. It does not imply that advancements in technology and science are baneful, but these must have a holistic approach and must not disregard or contravene our nature and environment. Instead of sham seriousness, our governments should act diligently and purposefully towards environmental issues.
