Essays on Progress

Progress. The term has an undeniably positive connotation, bringing to the mind words such as innovation, discovery, or improvement. We think of steps being taken towards equality and groundbreaking medical discoveries. Oxford Dictionary defines it as “development towards an improved or more advanced condition”. In...

It is rightly said by Frederick Douglass that if there is no struggle, there is no progress. It is a struggle which keeps us moving ahead in life. One’s struggles never get wasted and he/she always receives a good reward for them. These were golden...

Wessels describes how we have exceeded carrying capacity and eventually natural order will restore itself. One negative feedback solution the author discusses is global warming and the melting of the ice caps. In the event of global sea waters warming, greater influxes in fresh water...

The topic I have chosen for my IGCSE Global Perspectives Component#1 is Digital World. The sphere that I am highlighting under this topic is “have technological advancements reached a limit by which they can be called harmful”. The reason why I have selected this topic...

Over the last few years, I have faced several challenges in meeting my own goals for success as a student. I have lost my father and was battling depressing for over 5 years. I had issues keeping up with my life and facing any situation...

Jesse Levine was born with a congenital heart defect where the valves in her heart were reversed. Similar to most parents, her father Steve wanted to learn all he could about her condition. But unlike most parents, Steve Levine has spent years creating solutions that...

Progress and Poverty was written by Henry George in 1879. Henry George was a popular reformer, whose work was popular in the nineteenth century, which sparked reform movements. In Progress and Poverty George argued that the wealth created by social and technological advances in the...