It is often said that technology has made lives better. Some people maybe opposed to this idea because it makes people's lives miserable by isolating each other and reducing human contact. However, from my point of view, technological developmet has surely positive effects on human lives. The rationale behind this is that it makes people's lives more culturaly abundant and helps save time.
To begin with, technology enables people to enjoy culturaly prosperous lives. People can listen to music with better sound, watch movies with fantastic special effects and go to amusement park to ride many mechanical equipment on weekend. All of these make people's lives better and are possible due to improvements in technology. Also, people spend more time with their friends making their lives more sociable. They can contact each other all day by phone or via the internet. What is more, they can go to movie and enjoy computer game together. To take an example, in the past, children used to spend time with friends either chatting or playing games and had to go home before getting dark. On the other hand, children in the 21st century spend time doing more various activities such as flying model airplanes and attending many clubs.
Furthermore, technology allows people to use their time more efficiently. With the advent of many kinds of machines, things that were done by hands are now being done by machineries faster and more accurately. This enables people to do more work within the given amount of time. The best example is invention of washing machine. In korea, people in old days had to go to stream to wash their clothes even in the winter. It was a lot of work for mothers since it was not only far away from home, but also time consuming. However, nowadays it takes only thirty minutes to clean clothes because people can use washing machine. They do not need to walk long way to stream but can wash the clothes with ease and in the comfort of home.
To sum up, I stronly support the idea that technology provides many benefites to people in modern society. This is mainly because it offers a variety of cultural opportunities and helps use time with great efficiency. While it is true that technological development has brought about some minor defects, it is obvious that it has improved people's lives in numerous aspects.
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