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BIZCHINA / Weekly Roundup
Weighing the costs of luxury
By Liu Shinan (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-07-18 15:21
It is unreasonable to blame people for craving a higher resolution TV
set, a faster computer or an automobile that is easier and more
comfortable to drive. It is human nature to constantly seek greater
enjoyment. Hundreds of years of development of modern industry have led
us to believe that science and technology are invincible and omnipotent,
and that so long as human beings are willing to explore new ideas, they
have the power to raise the level of human enjoyment without limit. In
other words, we assume that painstaking effort is the only fee we need to
pay in exchange for a life of constant improvement.
However, the huge piles of electronic garbage remind us that we have
ignored a more fundamental cost of modern luxury - the draining of
resources and the pollution of the air, earth and water. We should ask
ourselves: Is it moral for us to mine the resources of this planet beyond
what our generation needs, cutting into our offspring's stake just to
pander to our incessant avarice for luxurious enjoyment?
Email: liushinan@chinadaily.com.cn
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