Is progress always good

Is progress always good?
I believe that progress brings both good and bad but it is inevitable
and we have to do our best to decrease its bad consequences and
increase the good ones. The inclination to progress is one of the
properties of humankind. It is acquired during the evolution from
animals to human beings. We can observe both tendencies by
reading the history of progress. The fields of agriculture, and
industry might provide a spectacular example, too. Our generation
should take lessons from history and enforce the favorable parts of
the tendency. The early history of humanity is the history of
struggling for survival and the history of the birth of progress on the
human genetic level. Using the simplest weapon, like stick, to defeat
more powerful beasts and survive was the naissance of progress in
technique, while gathering in groups for the same purpose presents
example of social progress. The human`s existence in the wild
nature caused its genetic inclination to progress.
In the contemporary conditions of many nations, agriculture is the
field, in which people struggle against hunger and for life. We see
that the progress in chemistry increases crop yield but engenders
health problems. Thus, scientists try to avoid chemical poisoning
and develop natural means to increase harvest. Modern industry
shows one more aspect of contradiction in progress. We could not
enjoy television and cars, Internet and clothe washers without
industry`s achievements but extensive industry, also, produces a
vast pollution. So, states and companies should more and more
invest in clean technologies.
So, progress is proper to humankind, and it is a controversial
process, which contains favorable and unfavorable
manifestations. Society has to control it and prevent bad
consequences.