Human Prospect Essay

Upon taking this class, I had no idea what it entailed. I had not even given much thought to what the title could mean. It was not until the first class meeting that I fully grasped what it was. I found out that the human prospect is bad because the supply of energy needed to make people ‘happy’ is quickly dwindling, while our population rates are steadily increasing. This is a problem for the human prospect because as population rates go up, resources go down and people become less happy. Being that the prime directive for the human prospect is happiness, one can see how this is a problem.
In the first week, we watched the film Soylent Green. However, this is not the case. . In this film, set in 2020, we saw a population of severely broken …show more content…
I thought this was interesting because the fundamental power that is necessary for human happiness is solar power. Without we die. There is no water, no heat, and no energy. In order for it to rain, we need the sun. Without the sun, we would die of thirst. We would die without heat. If we as a population are prosperous, it is because we have power. Economic power stems first from the sun. Human beings manage recourses necessary for their well-being in the way. The things that are necessary for good health depend on our economic power. Our social economy depends on our economic power. A question that was posed in class was “What makes for a society that produces happiness for people?” we discussed that we are social because we are primates. We live as social beings because of our biology. We do not want to live alone. This is why solitary confinement is so bad, because we cease to be fully human. We as humans are dependent on one another. We need each other in order to be have well-being. The problem with this is everyone needs equal access or nearly equal access to resources. Which, again, plays into our economic power. Those who are economically powerful have the most access to resources. While those who are not as economically wealthy do not. So how can human beings distribute food and water throughout the entire world equitably? Maybe donations, but what is fair? We decided that is was quality vs sustenance. But even if enough food was distributed to keep people from dying of starvation, there is the problem of distribution, storing it, rationing it and the list goes on. We thought a way to make this happen was types of community gardens. However, this requires education. Therefore, a completely new barrier will need to be figured out. We also learned that only 4% of America’s population is food producing. That means the entirety of our nation is being supported by 4%. The rest of our energy is being