The Human Body: A Comparative Analysis

As one rakes through the admittedly small timeline of the human existance, they will find that humans have always insisted that they are the most important lifeforms on this planet in one shape or another. Even religious movements that preach the idea that we are nothing in the grand scheme of things push humans towards the notion that they need to make an impact on the world within their immediate community by living their lives as the best versions of themselves. Through both Self, Society & the Cosmos as well as Paths to the Present courses it can be found that although human motivation for leaving a footprint has changed, the innate desire to leave a legacy behind has not. The human awareness of self and its impact of the world has slowly …show more content…
The idea of forming a better society quickly manifest itself in several unique forms. Some took to writing and planning the best ways to organize and shape a city. Others built the cities in the way they felt would best suit the needs of it’s people. All over the globe men and women debated in both literature and city planning what the best way was to plan human society. The likes of Thomas Moore wrote through their books that the best way to achieve a Utopia like state was to create a city in which humans were equal in labor skill, pay and recreational activity. Others, especially the likes of city planners found that the introduction of the grid; which ultimately divided the city into inescapable boxes, was the best way to organize the city. Until the idea of parks and human recreation was brought into the conversation, little was actually mentioned about the human affect on the environment or the future of our race. The motivation in the past was to fill the immediate needs with little thought about the long lasting impact humans …show more content…
As humans watched how the need to fix immediate problems without clear thought of the future failed, such as in the case of the Pruitt- Igoe housing development, they began questioning the current way of life and searching for ways to make it better. Innovation now drives the human experience with the consistence question of “what was our history and how do we approve it?” This reflective period only fuels success in the modern world not only in creative global sustainability, but also in the betterment of the quality of human life. It is positive that the inward reflection of the human self has flipped to an outward refection; as the impact on human life has shown more positive results in the cities that makeup each nation. It is the hope of many that the mistakes made due to lack of foresight can be corrected and that humans can leave a positive mark on not only the present, but the