“Like a rice field on the plains, mountains on the uplands, waters flowing on the river, science and technology brought enormous opportunity to us.”
According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, science is the study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation, while technology is the use of science to invent useful things or to solve problems. The contribution of science and technology for a lenient life is undeniable. Apparently, today’s generation is taking for granted the privileged of living the quality of life in present time. Do not forget the primitive times of our ancestors and the hardships of different human brains that helped us to achieve this comfortable life.
Look around you; name the different things that make your life easier. Television, cellphone, tablet, computer, internet, washing machine, newly discovered medicine, rice cooker, vehicles, electricity, renewable source of energy, instant coffee, name it! All of those are products of science and technology. Could you imagine yourself living on this planet without those things? Would you like to go back to the primitive times wherein our ancestors used to rub stones for minutes just to light a fire? Could you imagine yourself living in that era? Close your eyes and put yourself in our ancestors’ shoes. Visualize that you are walking for days just to go to your desired destination, eating the meat of animals and fish without spices and enough equipment for cooking, washing clothes using bare hands, living without electricity, getting water from a well to drink, brushing your teeth using leaves of plants instead of toothpaste, healing your wounds without proper medication, depending on the different plants to cure disease without assurance of getting well soon, and guessing whether it will rain or shine(without knowing that there is an upcoming typhoon). Now, open your eyes. Is it difficult, right?
Today’s generation has the privilege to enjoy the present quality of life. In just one click on the internet, voila! You can get what you are looking for. You can now use the different application such as grab and uber to get a ride for you to go to one place to another. You can now enjoy watching your favorite drama while you are on your way home via live streaming. You can now achieve a fair and glowing skin in taking glutathione. You can now use your solar powered flashlight for emergency purposes. You can now communicate with your loved ones via skype and messenger. You can now easily stalk the whereabouts of your celebrity crush through social networking sites. Almost everything is now in your hands.
There are a lot of things that we are relishing to make our lives easier. The use of the products of science and technology is now in our hands.Do not forget the old times. Do not take it for granted. Let us use it for the common good of each of us, not to harm others. Be thankful for what we have right now.
By: Rosa May D. Carandan | LPT
