Humanity

Humanity has reached a point where it has become stagnant. With all the fuss i have been facing about choosing my degree and making sure i make the right step towards where i want to be, something hit me. We as a society have reached a point of self satisfaction and are no longer trying to improve. We are now merely trying to maintain our survival. It is as though we feel we have reached our full potential and are just trying to not let it slide. I often take personal pride in having a view on life which says we humans are at the top of the food chain. I never once realized how true that was to a point that we are now just planning on staying there. 

We have become stagnant and are almost fixated on everything staying the same. This global mindset is the cause of creativity and invention now taking a back seat to well drilled processes and mastering the usual 'soft skills' required to make it in the real world. It is why accountants and managers are now in great demand to manage our economy, to continue supplying society with their demands. Designers and philosophers, two fields that are so different in nature, but are common in their dropping value to our world. Even scientist and mathematicians, so often regarded as 'the smarter ones' of our generation are being turned down simply because the world doesn't need that anymore. 

Sure, there have been advancements in technology and architecture, but those are the exception, not the rule. Even if there would be a demand for such things, most would have gone through the same classes and same lectures and come out with the same mindset. Only few great ones would be able to succeed. And the numerous academic haters on facebook would be happy to point out, the ones that do sometimes don't even graduate from college. Nothing new is being invented anymore, nothing revolutionary is being produced. Guess the future of flying cars and robot dogs would have to wait a little longer.

Now i didn't write this to complain about being forced to be put in a degree i don't like. I didn't want to make a fuss about how parents are always forcing kids to take the 'safe route' because i know it's true and i would be doing the same to my kids in the future. It was just an observation that hit me. We have really gotten to a point where we don't plan on improving anymore. With the falling economy, who can blame majority of society for being safe regarding their future plans. So before you start blaming your parents or teachers for preaching the same old boring thing, think about how you actually plan to continue with your passion in this world. A world where your passion is not even considered beneficial. With my degree in a communication/business path starting to take a clearer and clearer shape, there are numerous other degrees i would actually rather pursue but i know would get me no where.

I've said it before i would like to test how good my math is in actuarial science, i would like to do more research on philosophy and what state humanity really is about(this post should serve as evidence of my interest), i would like to try out motivation psychology, i would want to do a little bit of literature too. But where would all these take me in reality? I would be a very knowledgeable person with no roof over my head and no food on my table. I would hope that one day i have enough money and would still be young enough to pursue these fields. But till then, i'm gonna play it safe. And i have no regrets about it. It's just a little shame though for the ones that can't accept it. And i understand their frustration.