Does modern technology make life more convenient, or was life better when technology was simpler?
Modern society relies on technology. Some suggest that life in the past when technology was more primitive was better, but I disagree. It is my strong belief that the more technology develops, the more the quality of people’s lives increases.
There are many reasons why advancing technology makes people’s lives more convenient. Nowadays, people have computers, mobile phones, cars, planes, robots and so many other pieces of technology that simplify daily chores and work. Cooking used to take up to 6 hours, whereas now it takes only a few minutes. What is more, into every modern home there is a refrigerator that can preserve food fresh. Before the invention of the fridge people could not preserve their food for long and this caused them many problems and additional costs. Communication was slow and unreliable. Sending a letter used to take months to reach a foreign country. Today, people have air mail and also the Internet. Communication has never been so simple and enjoyable before.
Life in the past was rough and difficult. Without modern medical equipment doctors could not have been able to save so many people’s lives. For example, laser surgeries were not available for people with skin diseases and they had to suffer all their life. Our ancestors had to work hard every day and do a lot of physical hard work. Even children were involved in physical work. For instance, cotton factories in Britain used to hire young boys who had to gather the excess cotton from machines by putting their lives at risk at the same time. For sure, life in the past was not so safe and convenient as it is now because of the primitive technology people used to use.
In conclusion, I believe that technology makes life simpler, safer and more convenient. People in the past who used less advanced technology had more difficulties and faced more challenges.