Vaccines save lives!
But...they often have side effects that are worse than the diseases they prevent.
Processed food keeps millions of people from starving to death!
But...it's really unhealthy and is probably giving us all cancer.
Social media facilitates the dissemination of information and enables us to stay connected with friends and family!
But...it spreads misinformation and is probably dragging us all down into depression.
Technology opens up new possibilities and allows us to be more productive!
But...it also puts people out of work by eliminating entire industries.
On and on the story goes.
Every pro comes with a con. Every advancement presents new issues. Every solution the human race develops to solve the world's problems creates an entirely new and previously inconceivable set of problems.
Welcome to life.
Welcome to reality.
Welcome to a world broken by sin.
Nothing is ever perfect. Nothing is ever resolved. Nothing will ever exempt us from the realities of risk and scarcity, pain and death.
So what do we do about it?
Well, we survive.
We live our lives.
We do the best that we can to deal with what's in front of us.
We set aside our naive dreams of future utopias, where science solves all of our problems.
We let go of our nostalgic notions of idyllic countrysides where, we imagine, people lived simple, stress-free lives.
We maintain balance.
We hold onto traditions, those intangibles that make us who we are, while embracing innovations, those opportunities to be, to do, more.
We weigh the pros against the cons, the risks against the rewards.
We make our own decisions and we let other people make theirs.
We give and receive love, and leave the rest to God.
But...they often have side effects that are worse than the diseases they prevent.
Processed food keeps millions of people from starving to death!
But...it's really unhealthy and is probably giving us all cancer.
Social media facilitates the dissemination of information and enables us to stay connected with friends and family!
But...it spreads misinformation and is probably dragging us all down into depression.
Technology opens up new possibilities and allows us to be more productive!
But...it also puts people out of work by eliminating entire industries.
On and on the story goes.
Every pro comes with a con. Every advancement presents new issues. Every solution the human race develops to solve the world's problems creates an entirely new and previously inconceivable set of problems.
Welcome to life.
Welcome to reality.
Welcome to a world broken by sin.
Nothing is ever perfect. Nothing is ever resolved. Nothing will ever exempt us from the realities of risk and scarcity, pain and death.
So what do we do about it?
Well, we survive.
We live our lives.
We do the best that we can to deal with what's in front of us.
We set aside our naive dreams of future utopias, where science solves all of our problems.
We let go of our nostalgic notions of idyllic countrysides where, we imagine, people lived simple, stress-free lives.
We maintain balance.
We hold onto traditions, those intangibles that make us who we are, while embracing innovations, those opportunities to be, to do, more.
We weigh the pros against the cons, the risks against the rewards.
We make our own decisions and we let other people make theirs.
We give and receive love, and leave the rest to God.
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