Positive Feedback Loops in Early Human Development :: Environment Environmental Pollution Preservation

Positive Feedback Loops in Early Human Development at that place is no doubt that technology facilitated humankind development throughout history. However, what has been unexpended largely untouched among the authors of the texts for this course is wherefore technology has had such a tremendous impression on the evolution of the human species and its relationship with its environment. This bear witness will attempt to show that the effects of technology were subject to a multiplier effect inherent in positivist feedback grummets. In new(prenominal) words, every historical technological innovation gave way to a win over in human behavior and physical capabilities, which, in turn, allowed for further technological innovation. Because this loop-the-loop has been so incredibly successful, humans have overwhelmed the environment by continually growing towards, and sometimes beyond, its natural carrying capacity. The only reason why humans have not surpassed the upper limit of e nvironmental gross profit is our own technological innovation which exists as part of the positive feedback loop hence the origin of the term tech fix (the idea that human ingenuity will overcome all environmental limitations).The positive feedback loop that is responsible for the dominance of the human species is very much like a game of elementary school dodge-ball. Initially, there is no skill problematic a mess of electric razorren with the sole intention of remaining alive in the game. Only, it is not entirely random because there are the few children who are particularly well-suited for the game. Be it because they are more agile or peradventure they understand the movement a little better than the rest. Whatever the reason, they are able to continue playing the game longer than a child who runs around as if his eyes were closed. The more able children will thence gain more experience and be able to stay in even longer and dominate in the next game, and so the positive f eedback loop proceeds to take shape. Early humans were similar in that what set them apart from the rest of the animals is that, for some reason, they had a natural contestation towards tool-making and technology. With these tools they were able to dominate the evolutionary game, so to speak. The multiplier effect comes from the fact that the loop, once it has begun, will be self-propagating, such that one ruse will inevitably allow for another. Conversely, a negative feedback loop is self-limiting earlier than self-reinforcing, as put by Tom Tietenberg in his text environmental and Natural Resource Economics.