Civilization has Changed Humanity

Society feels more comfortable and more safe with the lights at night, it is something about the night that people do not like. They associate night with evil because at night is when a lot of bad things happen. For example, there are many crimes. On the other hand, during the day people feel more comfortable. I believe people feel vulnerable at night because they cannot see as clearly as they can during the day which can make people feel insecure.

In the movie The City Dark, according to director Ian Cheney, “There is a controversy over whether more light leads to less crime, but there is agreement that lights seems to make people feel safer.” It is the reality in the world that we live because during night even my children want a night light on to feel safer; when everything is dark they feel unsafe and insecure.

There is something inside of us that is screaming for light at night, which could be the idea that people have because the night is an invitation to crimes, burglaries, and much more that happens during the night. We can see all over the news each day what happens at night. It is when bad people go out and try to do bad things. On the other hand, people tend to live during night. A lot of jobs require people to work night shifts. In this modern civilization it is one thing that we can change, with artificial light we convert the night to day where people work and some others have fun.

In reality, the artificial light combined with the night make people see different. For example, at night in the night clubs, people see glowing effects because it is the effects of artificial lights combined with the dark that make people feel safe and different. In other words, people do the same thing but during day and you see the different people look normal even if they are dressed up to attend a night club at night.

With the rise of the crimes at night, people feel safer with artificial lights. Roger Ekrich, a Virginia Tech historian says, “The early impetus, recently as three [or] four hundred years ago, for public lighting was a crime." Even ancients feel safe with the night even though they could not use the light that we use at night, but they instead used fire to illuminate the night and warm them.

Even though the night seems like a dangerous place due to the fact that we cannot see the same way we can see during the day, people change their perspective and convert the night to be a safer place. We should teach society that is important to maintain the night and teach them the benefits that the night has. For example, we are created to sleep at night and rest our body. We are like toys that need batteries and we need to charge them during night. Another benefit is to see the beautiful sky without artificial light and connect with the cosmos because most people feel happier by looking at the night sky.

For some reason society has shaped civilization. The City Dark points out that society has changed the way we live now, but it is important to remember that humans are created to sleep at night. One of the reasons is because we cannot see at night because our creator thinks of everything, and one of the things is not to see the way we wish at night with the only purpose to make humanity rest and feel good the next day. We have converted the night to day, and that is why a lot of consequences have happened. If people don’t sleep well at night they can be ill, by having cancer or stress. The solution is to live the way we are supposed to by sleeping at night.