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Opinions might be divided
into over whether people nowadays live in less happy life than past. People of
various ages and different walks of life may take a diverse positions on the
controversial issue. I side with the perspective that it is not true for people
to satisfy their life in these days for the following two reasons: people
nowadays can do anything if they wants and there are
many enjoyable things than past.
To begin with, modern
people can do anything they want. In the past, many people could not
buy anything if they want. However, recent technology has
developed surprisingly. The development can lead
to doing almost everything people want to. Opponents of my
perspective claim that people in the past could do anything as well
as people in these days. Advocates' claim might be reasonable enough
on the surface. However, if we take a closer look at their
contentions, the rationale for their assertions lacks logic in many
ways. Moreover, my personal experience can debunk their claims. Last week, I
wanted to have a special day with my girlfriend. We went to a
foreign restaurant and shopping at the department store. Therefore, I
felt so happy. If I lived in the past without those such kinds of
things, I could have not experienced my special day. The same
applies to most people like me
Besides, people are living
in these days has many opportunities to enjoy their lives. People can gain new
information through surfing the internet and find a chance to learn something
new easily because of the technology development. There are so many things
people can have a good time with what they
want. In addition to my personal anecdote, many articles from
different newspapers reaffirm my viewpoints. A few weeks ago, I read
an op-ed piece from the Korea Herald that is related to the topic. It described
the result of a survey, which was conducted by Seoul National University social
science researchers with more than 500 people as respondents. The people was
compared to the past. The purpose of the survey was to understand
the consensus view about whether current people had more happiness.
Of 500 people surveyed, over 80 percent answered that
they were satisfied with their life than the related same data
about 30 years ago, specifically the reason is that they could
have so much time because of technology development and communicate
with many people through SNS. This clearly proves the current
life of people is better than the past time.
As I mentioned above, based on the two
examples, I can conclude that most of the modern people feel happy than
people in the past.
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