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Essay for today


This is an extract from an article published today. Here's the link. It makes for extremely interesting reading.

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/why-are-we-embracing-our-own-destruction/
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Graylight · 51-55, F
And that is the difference between progression and conservatism. When information changes, when new methods are found, when solutions are developed, well, that’s when conservatives feel most under attack. They see the world change, shifting, being taken from them. Progression is not only natural, it is behind every advancement humankind has ever made. It is something to be welcomed. Evaluate it yes, but synthesized.

And it’s usually rooted in misinformation and factually disprove about myths. Ona low level, it’s why we can’t go swimming after eating or we think the lemon tree will grow in our belly if we swallow a seed. On a more dangerous level, bad and old information is promulgated while out of fear new information is kept from people for fear of upsetting them.

The world progresses. Knowledge progresses. Mankind, and both mind and body, progresses. To ignore. It is to choose darkness over light.