In "pity this busy monster, manunkind," how does this phrase relate to Cummings' criticism of perceived scientific "progress"? "progress is a...

In the poem, Cummings draws a clear distinction between
the natural world and what he sees as the artificial world of science and technology
created by mankind. As he writes, "A world of made / is not a world of born." Science
and technology are interpreted as the means through which man has perverted nature,
creating a world no longer worth inhabiting: "listen: there's a hell / of a good
universe next door; let's go." The idea of "progress" then assumes ironic significance.
It does not represent the improvement or enhancement of human life through applied
science; scientific progress is instead a "disease" that corrupts the body of mankind.
It is a "comfortable" disease in that mankind is unaware of its destructive properties
and feels blind intellectual pride while busily subverting
nature.