It is obvious that people once lived in a very different way than we currently live now, but it is easy to become oblivious to that. Through industrialization, we only physically see current developments, and we see developments of the past through photographs, museums, etc. We see black and white photos, and it seems that color didn\u2019t exist back then. Famous black and white photos of influential figures or places separate their time from ours. Color is contemporary in photographs and television, but we forget that color has always existed, even before it could be recorded. What kind of world are we moving into? Are we moving into a world that will continue to bring new color, or has it always been the same colors, but looked at in a different light?<\/p>\n
The contemplative practice during our class on oil provoked these thoughts in my head. As Karen mentioned in lecture, fossil fuels have given us gifts through the years, mainly that of food and industrialization. The question \u201cwhat kind of world are we moving into?\u201d was asked at the very end. As we use more and more of earth\u2019s natural resources, we don\u2019t have an end in mind. Our using will never stop as long as the human race continues to exist and develop. Our actions now determine our future, just as the actions of the black and white past determined our present color world and future.<\/p>\n
Humans are in an odd position in the course of the natural world and advancement of time. We use things for our own personal gain and survival; mainly the earth\u2019s resources in food and water. The ever-increasing demands of industrialization have placed humans in the role of an eternal \u201cuser,\u201d and while the cycle of use continues, we may not be able to give anything back to the earth that would replace what we have taken away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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