IMPROVEMENTS

IMPROVEMENT? Given the compensatory nature of give and take, is Improvement real? In concentrating on one thing is not one detracting from another thing? I was wondering if nature could be improved upon by man, when the definition of improvement obtruded into my thoughts for consideration. This often used word as noun and as verb, along with innovation, may be more public relations than real; or worse, more hurtful than helpful. Into the "improvement" category usually fall such items as: foods, animal feeds, personal care products, education, medicine.