Don’t you simply love modern technology? We can adjust the temperature anytime we simply aren’t comfortable enough, just jump in the car and be in the next town to see a friend. Usually in a matter of only minutes. If you want a drink not only do you have more than water to choose from, all the water you do consume is purified and filtered, and only a few steps away flowing freely from the tap with just the twist of a knob. You wouldn’t even consider drinking straight from a lake, pond, stream, or puddle like most any other living creature.
We not only enjoy and take for granted all the luxuries our grandparents ever dreamed of, we consider them necessities. Thirty years ago, air conditioning was an amenity only enjoyed by those of substantial wealth. We as the human race are simply softening our bodies and minds to a point in which the average body is beyond weak, and the average mind, generally just plain stupid.
I know your thinking I’m nuts and have no clue as to what I’m saying but let me help make all this make sense to you. Just keep reading.
Despite all the technology we’re dumber now than 300 years ago.
Today if you want something to eat you have a whole multitude of options. You can usually get up, go to the refrigerator or the pantry and find something that suits your fancy. If not you can always head out to the nearest drive through or go to your favorite restaurant and have a trained chef prepare a four course dinner, that if you really aren’t completely satisfied with you can always have sent back and re prepared to your precise specifications.
As recently as 100+ years ago, the average person still relied heavily on mother nature for their daily nourishment. They had to be skilled at growing their own vegetables. Without the benefit of pesticides, herbicides, and government aid when things still didn’t go right. They had to be skilled at trapping or hunting and preparing their kill properly, and identify spoiled meats instantly. Most all families harvested natural fruits and herbs. Which leads to the requirements of identifying what is a good berry or one that will make you sick.
Now not to sound insulting but in all honesty, could you hunt in the wild, catch fish by fashioning your own nets, rods, lines, hooks, and baits, locate and harvest your own fruits, grow your own vegetables, and hunt and track your own game? Because all of these were trades that every family had to adopt and utilize simply to survive. Not to mention figuring out how to store and keep your food.
Now I myself grew up in western Kentucky. I hunted and fished since I was old enough to hold a small caliber rifle to my shoulder and have gotten pretty good at both. However this would be an undertaking I am sure I myself could not manage. Could you even build your own shelter? Remember, no power tools available. Point here is how many people in today’s society do you think could survive without all the things we take for granted on a daily basis? I’m not just picking at you, I’m picking on mankind as a whole. Due to the continual increase in technology we are going completely stupid in the areas of knowledge that allow us to survive on our own, without the benefit of modern inventions. In my studies, I can estimate that 75 to 90% of the population would disappear if all electricity use were to cease.
Technology is also weakening our bodies.
Now to be completely honest you’re a weak example of muscle, flexibility and immunity. Don’t feel bad so am I and everyone else you know. Wrap your mind around this for a moment.
Everyone has heard of and probably had the flu at one point. Yet 300 years ago the flu was possibly fatal when contracted. Today a shot can keep you from even contracting it. However, in doing so your body loses its natural ability to fight off infection, bacteria and foreign bodies. Like training for a sport your body needs practice to become strong with its immune system. Like all living things bacteria and viruses evolve to survive. So with a tragically inexperienced immune system when a new virus does develop your body is a lot less likely to be able to deal with it. Example, you ask? The plague.
As far as your body itself goes, cars are as big of a threat as a new plague. Many generations ago, every time we moved, it was on foot. Anything that had to be moved was done by physical power. It is well documented that people would walk hundreds of miles a year in migration. Could you imagine trying that? One of the number one ways to lose weight is to simply go for a walk every day. Our muscles are less developed now than ever. Despite all the drugs and equipment we have to stay “in shape” our bodies aren’t even at half their potential condition.
Look at nature all around us and compare what you can physically do to the animals you see. A muscle works the same way in all animals, yet a cheetah can run 50 plus mph and drag four times its body weight. Can you? I sure can’t.
Now this is not to say I don’t enjoy air conditioning, cars and vaccines, but think about this. If we lose electricity, we lose almost all modern amenities. Could you survive that happening and how many people do you know that could?
