A few days ago
Anonymous

Help On A Quote ??

“All progress is precarious and the solution to one problem brings us face to face with another problem”

Martin LutherKing Jr.

i dont really understand the “progress is precarious” part.

can somone tell me what this quote means ?

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A few days ago
dpilipis

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What he is trying to say, is that there is no shortage of problems in this world. Indeed, the suggestion is that our problems may be endless. Fixing one problem just means that our attentions are brought to bear on yet another problem.

That is why progress is precarious.. it is because we will never reach a state of being where there are no problems left to solve. In many ways, it puts our accomplishments into perspective. Because there is so much to get done, what appears to be a magnificent accomplishment, is really small in comparison to what needs to be done.

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A few days ago
datasprite
Progress must be sustained and usually when one achieves the growth one can lose whatever has been gained because of the feeling of achievement which may make one complancent.

This is the precariousness in progress,

Then there are people who may want to bring you down, being envious of your progress or jealousy etc. And every (negative) situation you can think about (which can bring you down) as you progress.

So there is the precariousness you now recognize.

And as you recognize the precariousness of your situation, remember that it is caused by some risk (or problem) so you are now faced with another, and another …. every moment and day.

In brief, once you have overcome a problem and made progress, you have thenext problem which is to keep the ‘win’ and ‘to move ahead’

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A few days ago
mstoi30
Precarious means risky, dangerous, depending on the will of or pleasure of another.

Basically the quote is just saying the progress is risky because it depends on a variety of circumstances and when a solution to one problem is found, another problem ALWAYS surfaces.

Kind of puts me in the mind of the saying “It’s always something”.

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A few days ago
GAP ( Garnet…
Translate Precarious at Dictionary.com
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A few days ago
Anonymous
It means that the balance is unstable, like an acrobat walking a tightrope using a long stick to aid in balancing. Anything added to one end of it throws it off balance, causing a needed adjustment in the balance by the acrobat.

What his quote means is any progress made to achieving a solution brings with it its own problems, and so there is never going to be any true solution but rather a constant balancing act, of us trying to offset the new problems that arise with another solution.

To understand the quote, you also need to understand the context in which it was given.

Everything comes with its price. All progression made towards achieving that thing brings about that price in its wake. Anything done to try to offset the negative effects of that price in turn brings with it their own price. And so on.

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A few days ago
ru
‘all progress is precarious” – anything you do or choose, that is intended to progress is very unstable. that means even if you do something productive, there is a very high chance that it could succeed.

therefore from what i understand, basically, lemme give a simple situation, eg:

your a mother with two children stuck in a burning building, f you go left you can save your boy, but if you go right you save your girl…. but after that there is no guarantee that you can save the other… as i really low chances, and if you go for the other after, you are very likely to die too…. so which kid do you save first? and would you go back in to save the other one even though the fire is critical?

thats just an example tho.

good luck

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A few days ago
ArmyWife
Well, precarious means depending on chance. So “progress is precarious” to me would mean, we take chances to make progress.
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A few days ago
Helen
Every time we discover a new thing ( a sign of progress), this thing will eventually have problems and thus could be reactive to other things we already have

ex:

cell phone = it is a new technology that brings us convenience of having a handy phone.

Problem =

>they say to much exposure can cause brain cancer.

>the bills we get on charges drains the budget

>now nokia recalls batches of sub standard batteries

>etc etc

hope I was of help to you

Paris716

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A few days ago
Newlenston
i think that means the progress is unstable.we can find a solution for good.there is some butterfly effect,the world is so complex,that we can never see through it.
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A few days ago
bucaneers8
It means as soon as we conquer one problem there is always a new one to overcome. It is what makes us strong.
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