A futurist and depressing world crowded by machines or industries, without vegetation or animal life. Everybody has thought about an overpopulated society living in vast cities, this is the picture with which we have been convinced by literature or films, but, ¿Is there a real alarming situation? Without any doubt, this is a hotly debated topic because its possible consequences will be horrible, not only for the planet but also for our wellness.
First of all, in order to analyse the situation, let’s put forward a bit of background. In the past, with the industry revolution, people got panic. They thought that jobs would be lost because of the replacement of people with machines. Instead of that, we have adapted ourselves to this capitalist economy, and machines have become an indispensable part of our lives.
However, nowadays it has been complained that we are extremely dependant of them. We, literally, can’t live without a phone, internet, transport, etc. Moreover, a lot of companies have been dreaming about taking over human jobs, above all in the world of merchandise distribution or administrative work.
There could be advantages like a more efficient dynamic of work and speed, but do we really need it? That is to say, there are people who need this type of work, and over time, there will be more people. In the other hand, these jobs are extremely hard, and the creation of machines and its maintenance, could create different needs.
Taking all the arguments into account, I think that we can’t stop the progress, instead of that, we should adapt our economy to the new inventions.
