The Spread Of Progress In A Brave New World

The progressive advancements in technology we are accustomed to today are thanks to the Industrial Revolution that happened in the late 1700. Since then, the desire for progress has been immeasurable and has been the driving force of many societies around the world. More often than not, societies are becoming the victim of the negative consequences progress brought along with itself which were originally created by man.

Progress is now the single and biggest unifying idea in the world whose goal is to improve the standard of living. In the last 200 years, there have been radical changes in technology that have impacted the entire globe. These technological advancements have affected almost every area of production such as: manufacturing,

Modern uniformity umbrellas social customs, fashion, music, architecture, food etc; anything you can possibly think of is no longer unique in a metropolis. Zweig (3) blames America “[as] the source of this terrible wave of uniformity” that society is facing. The modern individual is so blinded and incased in their technology that it is all they can think of. Therefore, when it comes to anything else in the outside world, they have so much difficulty in thinking critically that they always choose the easy way out by conforming with the rest of society. We are all being stimulated the same way thanks to the cultural monotony we are exposed to. This is seen on social media where everyone talks the same way and has similar interests as their ‘followers’. We are losing all the aspects that make us unique which has affected a large number of people already. Individuals have difficulty conversing with others because they already know everything about eachother. Mass society is leading to “the complete end of individuality” (Zweig 2) in which machinery is taking

Machines are already replacing humans and we are still in the early stages of this phenomenon. If this transition keeps on occurring, we will create a society that is incapable of providing for themselves. Yes, machines have completely changed the way we think but how far will we go in implementing technology in our lives? Employees are not the only ones being affected, machines are replacing relationships, family and love as well. Young adolescents rush through supper with their family just so they can get back to their phones; they lose out on sleep when they need it most just to stay up and browse social media. “Already today you can meet men who go through life almost without love” (Marinetti 2) and that is because they have abandoned emotional connection for intellect and innovation found in machinery. We live in a generation where technology is not only taking over the work force, but also being understood as an object of