Modern computer technology has brought better convenience for people. Some people support this idea saying that human beings can enjoy greater happiness when they continue to develop it. In my opinion, however, we should pay more funds on basic needs because they are not only crucial for a living but also required to achieve true equality.
Basic needs have critical role in human's living. Our ancestors were struggling for foods, clothes, and houses in an effort to sustain themselves. They used to hunt animals and move other places for better life. About 10,000 years ago, however, the predecessors began to cultivate food, domesticate animals, and form villages, which led a much stable life than before. Based on this revolutionary life style, they could start to pay more attention to other aspects of life including architecture, art, and writing system. For example, it is often said that 'Fertile Crescent' is the cradle of human civilization and that our life would be totally different without the historical change. Interestingly, all of residents who lived in this area met their basic requirements for themselves with farming and settling, and this encouraged the people to build up knowledge and apply it to every aspect of life, which would have been impossible if they had had to hunt for food and had difficulty in procuring basic needs. We can see these development through political system, letters, and amazing structures including Pyramids. This historical facts clearly shows that people can reach many achievements only based on stability of basic needs, which is very crucial for human life.
In addition, we should spend more money on basic values in order to bring equilibrium. People in developed countries such as United States, Japan, and England dump their left over food and seek more tasty one, while those who are living in poor countries including Africa even worry about today's meal. It's absolutely contradictory living standard although we usually say 'we are the one'. To make the world better place for all the people, we have to distribute and produce a lot more food and clothes to the nations in need, and invest substantial funds on those countries. With these helps, global society can be well-balanced in terms of level of living, and all the people on Earth can enjoy much satisfactory life. Forming this ideal world can be realized only through assuring basic needs, never can be done with developing computer technology which benefits only advanced nations. This current global condition obviously supports my idea that investing money and distributing basic commodities to the poor will surely bring real equality and make this world a better place to live.
To sum up, I firmly believe that spending money on basic needs are more important for the reasons of cruciality and equality it has. Some people might argue that pursuing only basic needs are not enough to keep their steps with this ever-changing society and thus they should focus on computer technology. However, they have to set their priorities again and to remember the fact that without stone to put a person's step, nothing can be done, and the stone is basic needs.
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