The Case For Progress

Progress This task does not frighten me. I am using WordPerfect 9 to handle my beauty. The new VAIO Pentium is more powerful than the last scrap. Although it does not matter if it is destroyed, I think that it is not as wonderful as I thought. Progress is exciting. Incredibly, there was a time when a human crossed the world without a WordPerfect just with a stick, a stone and his wisdom. Scientists assert that these people are the same species as us.

Human perception is linear and the advancement of technology is exponential. Since that was always the case, our brain wiring has linear expectations. Due to the rapid development of today's technology, unlike current technology, it is far from the future. It seems everywhere, we find ourselves totally different from reality. Kurzweil cites the overall growth of the Internet as an example. The graph below is linear and the growth of the Internet looks sharp and unexpected, but the graph above with the same data is plotted on a logarithmic scale and shows a very predictable story. In the index map, growth of the Internet is not everywhere, but it is presented in a more intuitive way.

Glaeser (2011) presents convincing cases where technological advances have accelerated urbanization, especially in large cities. The advancement of this technology is particularly noticeable in transportation and construction industry. Improvement of transportation means that residents can enter the distant city and spread the city. Better buildings can build higher-rise buildings and make the city denser. First, "urban bias" (created by Lipton 1977 and Bates 1981) refers to the situation in which political processes benefit urban dwellers rather than rural populations. The ruling elite requires apprenticeship by people near the city's electricity center, artificially setting low food prices, and providing apprenticeship by providing employment in the manufacturing industry. Therefore, when trying to maximize net profit, people have reasons to enter the city.

Urbanization is a process by which the population moves from rural areas to urban areas and can develop cities and towns. It can also be said that the number of urban residents gradually increases. Compared to rural areas, cities and towns have achieved a better economic, political and social scale, and this concept has been greatly affected. As a result, urbanization is very common in developing and developed countries, as more and more people tend to approach the town to gain "privileged" socio-economic services and benefits. This includes social and economic benefits such as better education, healthcare, health, housing, business opportunities, and transportation.