The Controversy towards Progress

Do you agree or disagree that progress is always good?

In my mind, progress is the development of the whole society. Basically, progress manifests the current talent of a certain age. Therefore, progress is usually good for us.

A remarkable example to prove my view is the progress of social property. In ancient times, the society stayed in slavery. The destiny of those slaves was extremely miserable, most of who were tortured by their masters. However, this system was later replaced by feudality. It is the progress of the whole society. This new system liberated those poor slaves and rendered the world much freer to some degree. Thus, the progress of the social system is always good to accelerate the world more liberated.

Another disputable fact about it is the progress of technology. Since the first industrial revolution, the pattern of the world experiences tremendous changes. The application of electricity, magnetism and steam machines made onerous tasks much easier. It also surged the productivity of the world and led society to an entirely new situation. Besides that, new kinds of transitions made the distance shorter and shorter. It also promoted the development of globalization. Moreover, as the computer and the Internet step into companies, factories and families, the whole world becomes closer and closer. No matter where you are, it is always possible for you to contact with others. The progress really makes our life more convenient and the society more advanced.

However, there still exist some concessions. Some progress of technology, admittedly, brings several problems. For instance, the technique of clone opens a new gate for human to cure many incurable diseases in the past. However, it also causes some serious moral consideration. The invention of cars really saves much time for us, but severe pollution has also been created since then. When we see the advantages of progress, we have to think about the defects of it at the same time.

Even though progress still holds some uncertain factors, we human always insist on developing, since we have confidence in solving these problems by uninterrupted discovery. In sum, I believe that progress is always good for us.