Most of us are aware of this adage, rather this saying on the billboards posted by Government bodies. Before it conjures up any memories of another lecture on speeding in your vehicle, you can be rest assured that this speed is different. It’s about us and our lives and by us I mean those who live in the so called metropolitans and cosmopolitans. Having said that, not all might agree with what I have to say.
The speed I am talking about is the pace of our lives. We are always on the move. Nothing suffices us. We need more, more money, more status, more salutes, bring them on, I need more. Yet, we hardly seem to have time for anything. We are always competing, with our friends, our rivals, our neighbors. You see this everywhere, on the road, in the house. Whether it is the maddening traffic or the rush to catch the elevator, you want to race ahead. Man is considered the most intelligent being on earth, wonder why? All because he invented the computer, made optimum utilization of the resources and shrunk the boundaries.
People talk about and are proud of the ‘Speed of thought’ that the man has been able to achieve. Little do we realize that we are losing our way in the labyrinth of meaningless and endless self-destructive path. Let’s talk about what man calls progress. It’s really funny how man continues to fool himself time and time again.
We created boundaries to the erstwhile seamless world. Now we are trying so hard to wipe those boundaries and sometimes even talk about successfully shrinking those boundaries. We pride ourselves in living in an age where everything is accomplished by the speed of thought. That very speed is pushing us back every time we make progress. So to get away from this set back, we start moving faster. So are we really getting anywhere or just fooling ourselves?
It is very unfortunate that what man perceives as progress and the tools he uses to achieve that progress is only moving him closer to colossal self-destruction. If only he takes time to look back at his so called accomplishments.
Monday, February 9, 2009
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