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发表于 2009-9-16 11:18:59
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2# darkren
TOPIC: ISSUE206 -"People are too quick to take action; instead they should stop to think ofthe possible consequences of what they might do."
WORDS: 781
TIME: 01:40:00
DATE: 2009/9/6 17:18:20
Since the 17th century (17th century seems came out of nowhere), efficiency and profit have becomemore and more dominated in our society. In order to adapt this change and tosurvive from the fierce competition, people have to enhance their abilities andefficiency as well. Therefore, more quick action without a twice thinking is afamiliar phenomenon around us. However, as I concern, no matter how less timeis left for you, a twice thinking is still a significant step before you movingforward.
(Ever since industrial revolution our societyhas been more profit as well as efficiency dominated; nowadays Darwinists arguethat people have to more competitive to survive, and biases such that peopleshould make quick decisions seemingly have become an implicit rule for themajority. However, from my perspective, thinking twice before decisions was, isand always will be a good decision-making habit, and I will explainspecifically in the following.)
Date back to the 17th century, thefirst Industry Revolution; the society welcomed an era of prosperity andtechnology advance. More and more people join the team to operate their ownfactory, business and, moreover, the colony invasion (Private factories, individualbusinesses flourished around the country.). During that time, what people most concerned was how to make asmuch money as possible in a relatively short time. Hence, the ones who takethe first step, the ones who react faster than others, means all these peopleoften acquire greater advantage and more profit (Pioneers and quick-minded elitesearned greatest profits among all treasure-seekers.). And such trend was graduallycopied by more and more people (Motivated by such legendary success, people started to imitate theirexternal strategies and actions).Admittedly, the boom of industry revolution did bring great prosperity to thesociety. However we also did witness lots of problems, such as the fatalenvironment and energy issues, which were overlooked during the 17th century.Just because some people pursuing the most profit without furtherconsideration, that lead environmental problems to slightly accumulate. Andfinally, those people have to pay much more back for fixing the problems theyplanted years before. In 2002, the Bush government refuse to sign up on theTokyo CO2 protocol, for afraid this protocol may do harm to US motorindustries. Unfortunately, this action some or less accelerates the GlobalWarming. Since then, the global temperature has increased at least 3 degreecentigrade. The Atlantic icebergs are declining rapidly, many countries facethe threat of being drowned by the increased sea level. Because of an actionwithout more consideration, people in the world have to face the greatchallenge for survival. There are many similar examples show us the fatalresults that too quick action without twice thinking may brings. Therefore, inshort, some time a stop to think the consequences may reduce the lost we mayhave in the future.
On the other hand, a furtherconsideration instead of quick action possibly not reduces the profit but helpto reach the final victory. On the war field, fast reaction usually meansadvantages, such as the Thunder Action which German army applied in the WorldWar II. However the fast action does not always bring the victory. Back to theWW II, on the North Africa field, the famous Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel didsuccessfully apply the Thunder Action strategy. But at last, the French andBritish army won the North Africa battle because they reconsider the situationand wait until all the back-up arrived. Finally, they launched the attack stepby step, and gradually took back the fields. Because of more consideration, theNorth Africa battle was end up with the victory of Britain and France. Not onlyon the battle field of bullets, but also on the field of economy, considerationbefore action may bring back more profit.
Nowadays, when we look backto the depressions, similarly, we may find that all the crisis share somethingin common, that is the arbitrary investigation without more consideration.However, we can also find that, during these depressions, there were somewinners stood out, and in my mind, the President Roosevelt is the mostsuccessful one. During the 1930s. The US faced great challenge of economiccrises. Most of the American people were willing to get rid of the burden ofthe depression. But surprisingly, President Roosevelt did not choose to helpthe economic industry, otherwise he paid most attention to the fundamentalfacilities construction. Looking back to this policy, it turned to be a wiseand flexible choice. Because of the attention to the basic facilitiesfoundation, the employ problem was settled, and gradually, the whole economywas turning into a better situation. All these successes should be contributedto Roosevelt’s further consideration. Shortly, sometimes, a furtherconsideration may bring greater benefit to us.
Granted that, some time if we spendtoo much time on planning and imagining the consequence, the chances may flipaway through our fingers. Therefore, a consideration should be taken, as whilewe must react quickly. A balance between the quick action and furtherconsideration is necessary.
On the whole, no matter how hard youare being pushed in front of the time, do spend some time to consider what mayhappen in the future, plan what steps you may take in the future.
Comment: Good job overall! I can see that you've tried hard to elaborate your essay! However, there are some places you overly "decorated", which is unnecessary, you should try to make it concise and straightforward. It's easier for you to write and easier for readers to understand!
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