Our little planet Earth is something incredibly small when compared to the vast size of the universe. There are countless galaxies in existence and in each of them there can be billions and billions of stars, and if we assume that a large part of these stars have planets, the numbers of possible worlds is undoubtedly huge.
However, since so far there is no evidence to proof otherwise, we may be the only living beings with intelligence, so in order for us to reach this specific point, thousands of millions of years had to pass, time in which the universe evolved to create galaxies, planets, and in some places, life, which after anoter millions of years, ended up developing complex forms, increasing its complexity as time pass and having us humans as the final result so far, therefore, life itself is something extremely valuable, and intelligence as well as having awareness of being alive is even more valuable.
Now, thanks to the effort of countless people across history, and thanks to the always important curiosity, and genius of several individuals, science, technology, arts and philosophy were created and improved, allowing for the intellectual enlightenment of everyone to take place.
Prior to these times that we are currently living, most of the population didn’t have access to much information, they didn’t have the freedom that today is taken for granted in a considerable part of the world, and even if they lived in cities, these were places full of diseases, health problems, terrible public services, among other issues. There is also the following chart about the reduction of poverty in the last 200 years.
Today, the majority of the people have access one way or another to knowledge about other cultures and about the world in general, mostly thanks to the internet and the proliferation of smartphones that makes it easy to be constantly connected and aware of what’s happening. But those smartphones and other similar technology wouldn’t be able to be so common if the people didn’t have an increased purchasing power compared to the past, which is possible thanks to the higher productivity coming from our modern societies. This also improves the quality and quantitative of the available food, leaving people healthier than ever before.
Regarding education, today we have tons of different options and a variety of topics that were not available in the past, increasing people’s freedom when it comes to how are they planning to add value to the society, and a similar thing can be said about entertainment, today we have many more options for our leisure time, which is always necessary to keep a proper balance in our lives.
Because of these reasons, maybe we should consider the possibility of seeing our present time as the best era humanity has ever lived. Even after taking into account all the military conflicts and crises that are happening all over the world, the truth is, these things were also happening in the past, but with general circumstances that were surely much worse.
The trend I see is clear, the better we are at technology and science, the better our lives are, so when we think about the concept of a paradise, the best way to make it true could be by increasing as much as possible our current knowledge in those fields.
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