Look what the Victorians and the British empire did with technology and you realise how poorly our advances in technology over its whole spectrum is at the moment. I think we should be doing so much better as a race, we are capable of so much more and all of our lives and the world we live in could be a better place. What do you guys think is holding us back.
I think our voting habits is one reason, governments more concerned with power than governing, which requires money, which comes as donations from companys who want their technology to be making more money than others, and smoke screens within ouyr societys and religions.
2006-09-28 22:13:43 · 13 answers · asked by Jabba_da_hut_07 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I can't blame the governments too far - many of them at least provide a stable environment where we don't need to look over our shoulders for bandits all the time, and stability is conducive to human advancement even if governmental priorities get a bit skewed.
A positive future can come from a critical mass of individuals getting an enlightened attitude, which reduces the selfish ego motivations and encourages a 'highest good for all' motive
2006-09-28 22:52:00 · answer #1 · answered by Drew - Axeman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Free market psychology is holding us back. This is the state of mind that assumes the only things we want are more toys, more gadgets, more clothes, a faster car, a new mobile phone etc and that we should only value things that we personally own within our lifetimes rather than collective achievements or long term goals.
This materialist short-term lifestyle is promoted and sold to us by those who occupy the upper tiers of the pyramid of wealth, because they want to profit from our greed. So they can also have faster cars, better toys etc only much better than ours.
The government want to stay in power so they promote policies that will make them popular with the masses - policies that don't get in the way of us acquiring more plastic bits and bobs.
Big advances require vision, large scale investment and the support of a populace who won't whinge about it all being a waste of money that they could be spending on a bigger telly or a new mobile phone.
2006-09-28 22:30:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
probable some thirtieth place finishes. Reutimann has some skill yet as for Michael he's to lots of a clown to be a intense driving force. look at his checklist, its pathetic. anybody else could have been given their strolling papers an prolonged time in the past..
2016-10-18 04:33:29 · answer #3 · answered by connely 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is the greatest impediment to dealing with the complex problems facing Humanity. How do you reduce population of the world to manageable levels when various religions are competing with each other to see who can out-breed each other.
2006-09-29 09:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-09-28 22:20:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The government deliberately holds us back. The political class will not tolerate real change as they will lose power.
2006-09-28 23:01:00 · answer #6 · answered by A True Gentleman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the whole world revolves around money and power, and therefore oil as a consequence..I think we can all see where that's going to end...
2006-09-28 22:17:38 · answer #7 · answered by Robakai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone once said "One man is a bright and wonderfully thing, Then grouped they loose there way".
Sorta the bigger the crowd the lower the IQ
2006-09-28 22:23:58 · answer #8 · answered by Ben 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. The world is changing and we must change to keep up. But, everything must be at a minimum when adventuring into uncharted territory.
2006-09-28 22:36:06 · answer #9 · answered by always 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Government is the people.
Its apathy not empathy that causes people just to accept the way things are.
2006-09-28 22:18:11 · answer #10 · answered by cork 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋