‘Due to technological and scientific progress our quality of life is improving.

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Discuss.

Technology is a fundamental importance nowadays. It is the step towards a

more easy and convenient life. It is providing citizens worldwide with more
information and therefore more choices.

Technology is essential for our daily survival. Information is sent and

received faster via e-mail. It is also cheap and fast unlike postage. Internet is also
useful for schoolwork as it varies research and you find absolutely anything you
want to look for on the worldwide web.

Technology is continuously expanding and developing so sometimes it

can be quite stressful. People have to keep themselves up to date with technology.
It is also changing the way people think about work and the world, about life and
relationships, and about war and peace. Technology is making communication easier
in today's world but it also has its disadvantages. People who choose to work at
home in front of a computer screen are missing personal contact with other
employees.

With the big step in Technology, knowledge is now more accessible to all
members of society from the upper class to the lower class. This counts in all the
categories from young people to old, disabled persons and the rich and the poor.
Information made accessible through technology is making individuals to change
themselves and their environments. Technology enhances productivity and improves
quality of life. For many people with disabilities, technology makes it easier for
them to function independently. It provides them with access to employment, a
wider range of tools to accomplish jobs and greater freedom to live and socialize in
settings of their choosing.

People are always trying to make more progress. But progress carries with it
the good side and the bad side. For instance If we take industrialization, this is
considered to be a big step towards progress. We now have bigger factories, more
products, and more money, but we also now have more pollution, more materialism,
and more greed. Therefore Technology carries with it its advantages and
disadvantages. As the benefits of progress increase, so do the drawbacks.

Medicine has also improved in the past years. We tend to live longer than
the generations before us, that is because medical science has improved. We live
quite different lives from those our forefathers lived before us. There are
differences of opinion as to whether we live better now than before, and
consequently there is also disagreement as to whether we should continue
modernizing or rather try to slow the process down. Quality of life in a society can
be measured by how long and happy its inhabitants live.

We have to use technology in the right way. Although it makes our life easier
once in a while we have to rest from the rush and chaos that technology brings with
it.

‘It is important to safeguard our traditions.’ How far do you agree with this
statement?
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable what we have to alter it every six
months.” (Oscar Wilde)-What are your views on this?

‘Reality shows on TV are neither entertaining nor educational; they merely

glamorize our worst character traits.’ Discuss.