サルに棒⇒サルにナイフ⇒サルに銃⇒サルに核兵器
人類がサルから人に進化していく過程で、獲物と戦う時に初めて棒を武器にした時があったに違いない。この時点で殆どサルであった者が、同じ成熟度のまま武器をナイフ、銃、核兵器と武器を変えていったらどうだろうか？
ニュースや映画等で幼児が、銃の恐さを知らずに、振り回すのを見ることがあるが、これも未熟な者が分相応な武器を使う危険さを感じさせられる例である。
果たして人類は様々な武器やシステム、道具等を作ってきたが、使う者としての精神的な成熟度に気遣ってきただろうか？武器やシステム、道具等を物的側面とすれば、物心の並行的な進歩ができて初めて成功する霊長類と言えるのだが、残念ながら心の方は未熟である。
タイトルにある様に、科学技術は格段に進んだが、それらの道具を使う人の心が未熟では、いつその道具で自らが傷つくか分ったものではない。
この問題は法律や制度を細かく定めれば解決できるものではなく、人の情操や霊性の問題である。かつて義務教育に儒学の導入を主張した事があったが、精神面の向上を目的とした主張であった。
Monkeys have sticks⇒monkeys have knives⇒monkeys have guns⇒monkeys have nuclear weapons.
In the process of human evolution from monkeys to humans, there must have been timing when sticks were used as weapons for the first time when fighting prey. What if those who were like monkeys at this point changed their weapons to knives, guns, and nuclear weapons while maintaining the same level of maturity?
In news and movies, we often see a young child brandishing guns without knowing the danger of them.
Humankind has created various weapons, systems, tools, etc., but have they been concerned about their mental maturity as users? If weapons, systems, tools, etc. are taken as physical aspects, it can be said that they are primates that can only succeed when they are able to make parallel progress in their physical and mental aspects, but unfortunately we are immature in our minds.
As the title suggests, science and technology has advanced dramatically, but if the minds of those who use those tools are immature, we will not know when we will be hurt by those tools.
This problem cannot be solved by enforcing detailed laws and systems, but is a matter of human emotions and spirituality. In the past, I advocated the introduction of Confucianism into compulsory education, but my argument was aimed at improving the mental aspect.
