As a continuation from the previous post, this post will discussed about the disadvantages of Information Technology (IT) and Globalisation. Although the IT itself does not really bring any negative value or disadvantage but it is the seed that stimulate the spawn of the Globalisation Era. Before begin discussing, it is important to state that the reason this topic is being separated into two posts. There maybe some speculation reasoning but the real honest reason is to help the readers understand this topic from a different and wider perspective. This is because by viewing an issue from many angles should help the readers to answer the question whether all these really do worth their price. It is important to not just view a story from one point but please search for the whole truth and decide for yourself. It is sad to see people just keep on being ignorant and accept what are being told to them without any effort to justify the truth. OK, sorry for the touching moment. Back to the discussion, globalisation too has it dark sides for those who do not know.
Globalization (Source: Google)
One of them is the usage of Earth resources. According to many sources, the rate in which the human is using the Earth resources has increase dramatically since the Globalisation Era. Many experts explained this situation as an unsustainable usage of resources. This is because as the human life become more complex with the increase in demand for all type of things and the dependability to machinery or technology, the rate in which we use our resources also increase in order to support those increases. This issue is becoming more and more common in nowadays media and in particular is about oil. Oil is one of many resources that the Earth provides to us but it is not infinite. The fluctuation in oil price is a direct result of the disability to produce enough oil that can cater the ever increasing demand. Below is a graph that illustrate the growing in energy usage throughout history while considering population growth.
Graph of Energy Usage According to Year and Population (Source: ourfiniteworld)
Besides that, the increase in the usage of Earth resources also bring another side effect of globalisation which is pollution. As the rate in which we burned our fossil fuel increase, so does the amount of harmful gas emissions. This situation get worse as more and more trees are being cut for various purposes because it reduce the Earth capabilities to neutralize or minimize the effects from the pollution. This situation is also becoming more and more common in the nowadays media such as about global warming. Thus, this creates an environment that in a way even hostile to life-forms such as in Chernobyl where the radiation level is too high or in many contaminate rivers around the world where the water is not safe anymore.
Some people who are optimists believe that human can learn from this mistake because they believe that people will only appreciate things around them when it is gone. It is unfortunately true that human nature works that way but it is also important to understand the severity of the problem when the environment is gone because we cannot live without a sustainable environment. This is not just a case of the environment, the Earth resources are also important for human survival. Some may argue that resources such as for generating electricity are not essential to human life but what about the supply of water and food or even worse air. Human and all life-forms cannot possibly survive without those resources.
Some people who are optimists believe that human can learn from this mistake because they believe that people will only appreciate things around them when it is gone. It is unfortunately true that human nature works that way but it is also important to understand the severity of the problem when the environment is gone because we cannot live without a sustainable environment. This is not just a case of the environment, the Earth resources are also important for human survival. Some may argue that resources such as for generating electricity are not essential to human life but what about the supply of water and food or even worse air. Human and all life-forms cannot possibly survive without those resources.
Globalization II: The Downside (Source: Youtube)
Furthermore, besides all the negative effects on the environment, globalisation also has change our social life as well. With the development of globalisation, a new social system has emerge. This new social system is known as individualism. Before globalisation, people tend to work and thrive as a community but now people tend to work and socialize as an individual. However, this does not essentially mean a bad thing because this way people gain more freedom and individual rights but there is still a bad side to this social system. One example is in the family organization where nowadays couples or husbands and wives are priortizing their own needs or ideas over the commitment of sharing together. It is believe that this is one of the reason to why the divorce rate is very high especially in the more globalized part of the world such as the First World Country. Thus proving the point that even in a good decision, there is still some bad effects. It is up to us to decide whether it is really worth it or not.
"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity"
Albert Einstein
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