keannu
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Source : Korean Education Broadcasting System, KSAT Completion, 15-3
To appreciate the long term benefits of industrialization one does not have to accept its cruelties. One can imagine an alternative history of the Industrial Revolution in which modern sensibilities applied earlier and the factories operated without children and with better working conditions for the adults. Today there are doubtless factories in the developing world that could offer as many jobs and still turn a profit while treating their workers more humanely.
Pressure from trade negotiators and consumer protests has measurably improved working conditions in many places, and it is a natural progression as countries get richer and more integrated into the global community.Progress consists not in accepting every change as part of an indivisible package as if we had to make a yes or no decision on whether the Industrial Revolution, or globalization, is a good thing or bad thing, exactly as each has unfolded in every detail. Progress consists of unbundling the features of a social process as much as we can to maximize the human benefits while minimizing the harms.
How are the two underlined parts related to each other?
Does the latter mean that in some aspects, progress has been made, but in other ones, it hasn't been made?
For example, a factory can turn a profit(progress), while abusing its workers(under-progress)?
To appreciate the long term benefits of industrialization one does not have to accept its cruelties. One can imagine an alternative history of the Industrial Revolution in which modern sensibilities applied earlier and the factories operated without children and with better working conditions for the adults. Today there are doubtless factories in the developing world that could offer as many jobs and still turn a profit while treating their workers more humanely.
Pressure from trade negotiators and consumer protests has measurably improved working conditions in many places, and it is a natural progression as countries get richer and more integrated into the global community.Progress consists not in accepting every change as part of an indivisible package as if we had to make a yes or no decision on whether the Industrial Revolution, or globalization, is a good thing or bad thing, exactly as each has unfolded in every detail. Progress consists of unbundling the features of a social process as much as we can to maximize the human benefits while minimizing the harms.
How are the two underlined parts related to each other?
Does the latter mean that in some aspects, progress has been made, but in other ones, it hasn't been made?
For example, a factory can turn a profit(progress), while abusing its workers(under-progress)?
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