Beating the social contract
1. Introduction Renaissance and the industrial revolution bestowed great responsibilities upon mankind. There were various responsibilities upon men, responsibility to earn the most he can, responsibility to feed his family, responsibility to abide by the laws of the land and many more. Few men prospered while the rest were left behind alone to wallow in their own pity. There were crowds of young men and women, each trying to earn a living. The historians rightly regard these times as the greatest and the most crucial of all ages for they knew that the inventions and industries of this age would lead world to the dawn of a new era. The psychologists and humanitarians may however not be having such similar views, for in the times of the renaissance and also that of the industrial revolution, many families died of starvation, the society was divided into two classes and there were many lonely people of the streets of Europe who were either disown...