When Humans Impose on the Environment, Expect Negative Outcomes

Before the use of technology, humans had to solely rely on the environment to fulfill their daily needs. Humans respected, and even feared nature for its destructive capabilities. Before the use of technology, humans were connected with nature at an almost spiritual level. They knew how to use the environment and sustain it at the same time. Before technology, there was a natural balance between nature and humans. Unfortunately, as humans developed by advancing in industry and technology, a lot of the respect and fear once held for nature was lost, which lead to an increase in the occurrences of environmental problems. The more humans used technology, the more they imposed themselves on the environment, and the more their connection with nature was lost. In Harold Fromm’s article “From Transcendence to Obsolescence” he effectively sums up how humans have lost their almost spiritual connection with nature, and how that lost connection has caused people to forget the importance of maintaining the balance between humans and nature. Although development is important, people need to avoid further imposing themselves on the environment in the future. The more people impose themselves on the environment, the more their respect for nature is lost, leading to environmental consequences along with a forgotten moral duty of maintaining the balance between nature and humans.

In today’s continuously developing society, more and more respect for nature is being lost as people impose themselves on the environment. Even though development can be beneficial to humans, people allow development to blind them from the afflictions they may be causing on other organisms. Tim Zimmerman demonstrates this in his article “The Killer in the Pool.” Zimme...

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