In colonial America, slaves were the foundational work force on America's plantations and in the white man's homes. If we didn't step away from the comfort of "what already worked," then we should still be shoveling manure instead of filling our gas tanks.Īnother example of holding on to unnecessarily obsolete ways that may limit our progress is slavery, or indentured servantry. If man stuck to what was high-comfort, which was horse transportation, there would have been no incentives for the automobile and the breakthrough in auto-technology in society. The manure not only had an unpleasant smell, but it was a host of bacteria and diseases. The problem was so impossibly unmitigatable that it created a whole sector of architecture dedicated to rising the home-this gave rise to the the graceful steps of the New York high stepped homes. This was a great era in terms of transportation, however, a great problem arose amidst all the horses-manure. Sometimes adherence to archaic ideas are innocuous, like if you still listen to cassette tapes instead of digital MP3 players, but many times it prevents us from creating change and advancing society.īefore the automobile, there was the horse-man's main mode of individual, fast and reliable transportation.
Though virtually everyone has a biological urge to progress, we also have a visceral instinct to cling unnecessarily to obsolete ways of thinking and ideas because it provides comfort. For any society to become great and advanced, it is clear through historical and current examples that improving on our past successes and creating novel ideas is essential. Progress is a natural instinct for everything living, and dictates the way we live our lives, and a society is not unbounded to this natural law. I would love some feedback and scores that you would give the essay. This is my response to a practice revised GRE Issue Essay response.
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