The Sky Is The Limit

It takes him a longer time to completely become conscious of his surrounding in the woods and let go of the society he left behind. “He leaves behind his work, his household, his duties, his comforts-even, if he comes alone, his words. He immerses himself in what he is not. It is a kind of death” (723). He must stop depending on society and technology so he can start to pursue his own ambitions as an individual in the woods. The woods bring him a sense of peace and allow him to find who he truly is outside of the fast-paced society.  “The day is clear, and high up on the points and ridges to the west of my camp. I can see the sun shining on the woods. And suddenly I am fully of ambition: I want to get up where the sun is; I want to sit still in the sun up there among the high locks until I can feel its warmth in my bones” (723). Berry needs to find clarity in himself which will allow him to follow his own ambitions and feel whole again in his

The inspiration is ignited by Wendell Berry’s life what he has done and how he has lived. As I read the poem the wording and over all message took the spark and set my mind a blaze. However this wild fire of interest and hope was soon erased by the anger I felt when I thought about all the people whom think just the opposite of Berry and myself. Taking time to calm down I was pleased once again by the thought of Berry, and how he is a true champion of nature and for the improvement of all that dwell in it.

Berry's life has been consumed by both poetry and farming. He has written over 30 works of writing, all consisting of trying to convince oblivious people of how bad our American farming is deteriorating, and explaining how harmful most livestock is to humans. He has seen

The use of economics as our new frontier was hailed as an unending prospect, but in reality that end did come.

After some decades a new idea came to surface which later became known as “transcendentalism”. In this idea man and god are not separated and each individual should behave in a way that they represent the God within himself. Therefore man became the center of the world and responsible for what happens to them. If we want good things happen to us, we need to take action toward what we want and deserve. “Out of this comes the idea of the American Dream, the idea that one can, if one wishes, make a fortune, rise to great heights, and achieve” (J. Pidgeon).

Yes, after reading lesson one and two in combination with my prior learning, I do believe that current development is unsustainable because we are using too much of over natural resources, the fact that poverty exists, and the rate of growth in developing nations.

Collectively as a society most people support the improvement of mankind; we support the advancement of medicine, technology, education, etc. But at what point do we stop moving forward, or is it human nature to constantly improve and push the limits? It seems like us humans can achieve anything we sent our minds to-after all in a span of a few decades we went from simple flying machines to taking our first steps on the moon. In a smaller span of time, humans might take the next big leap for mankind.

Ethos, or the ethical appeal, establishes an author's credibility. Berry demonstrates a great ethical appeal in "The Pleasure of Eating." Not only a novelist, but also an environmentalist and farmer, Berry is more than credible to write about this topic. He lives on a farm in Kentucky where he has worked for over forty years, learning the ins and outs of his own agricultural production ("Wendell Berry"). Due to Berry's lifelong experiences with farming, it is easy to feel more confident in the information and better trust that it is

To understand limits to economic growth you must know the meaning of economic growth. Economic growth is a sustained expansion of production possibilities measured as the increase in real GDP over a given period (Rittenberg, L. & Tregarthen, T.). The country’s inhabitants is now much larger and is living longer, which many programs such as social security and military retirement may not be prepared for. Many source of economic growth can be link to improvements in technology and increase rate of productive with less employees. Only thing that can limit production would be the lack of capital or resources.

It is crazy to think about how far the world has come in its developments, especially those taking place for over the past century. In areas such as the government, education, and specifically technology, a number of American people would likely agree that they are astonished by the radical changes taking place in every aspect of our world. What we must ask ourselves though, is are we satisfied with the improvements made? In other words, at what point must development reach in order to provide contentment to those affected by it? If asked this question, the typical response of a person would include where they stand on the subject and where they picture its modifications bringing it to. The real problem here, however, is that it does not

The profound artist Leonardo da Vinci once stated, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” This modern way of thinking implies that for an individual to truly achieve their own potential, the way they live must be made elementary to its fullest. This is similar to views on Ray Bradbury’s The Pedestrian; a story about the man who was detained for nothing. The simplistic life he lead was repressed in an instant, where what he believed to be right was misinterpreted. This is due to the fact that humanity nowadays is not able to appreciate the basic fundamentals of existence and the huge impact it lays upon them. It is this same ignorance that will lead humankind to their inevitable doom one day. This demise will be caused by their own accord.

The term, progress, is synonymous with phrases that denote moving forward, growth, and advancement. It seems unorthodox then that Ronald Wright asserts the world has fallen into a progress trap, a paradox to how progress is typically portrayed as it contradicts the conventional way life is viewed: as being a natural progression from the outdated and tried towards the new and improved. Wright posits that it is the world’s relentless creation of innovative methods that ironically contributes to the progress trap rather than to progress itself, the intended objective. Wright’s coinage of the term “progress trap” refers to the phenomenon of innovations that create new complications that are typically left without resolve which exacerbate

Berry first begins with eating as an agricultural act. We think of food as an agricultural product rather than think of ourselves

Is it fair that our future generations suffer the consequences of our ignorant behavior? Must we choose wealth over future generations? This is a global dilemma that should be carefully put into perspective. Human keeps on pulling natural resources and stores are filled with unwanted lines of products. Sadly, most people tend to concentrate on fast results/short term. Preserving the environment is the only answer to save our future generations from the impact of global warming (AtKisson).

People tend to focus on the flaws when it comes to humanity’s ability to provide goods and services. News stories on income inequality, lack of adequate healthcare services for hundreds of millions of people, the large number of people who go hungry every day, etc. often capture the attention of humanity better than any other type of story. Combine this with an increasing population, the doomsay predictions about global warming, and the recent economic recession, and it appears that solutions to many of the world’s current and future problems are out of reach. This, though, is not the viewpoint taken by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kolter in their book Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think. They acknowledge that the world have