Are we better of today then years ago?

Answer 1

yes, when it comes to technology and medicine i think we are better off today then years ago. however in the past we did not have 10 year old children roaming the street with guns, killing their siblings. we did not have so many shoot outs and terrorist attatcks. these all have increased because we think we know too much and want to be more powerful than our neighbour

Answer 2

Ah, the good old days, when it never rained in the summer, and you could wear shirtsleeves all through winter. Cheap beer, fags, petrol. Yes indeed...... when I was a young police recruit:

The Good Old Days: C.1969 London (UK).

Bring back the good old days again, when we were young and free,
When we were fit and felt no pain, when we were twenty-three.
We laughed all day, and drank all night, from dusk until day-break,
With ten ‘ P’ fags, and ten ‘ P’ beer, we lived on sirloin steak.

No guns, no bombs, no radios, no need a three foot stick,
No riot gear, no night-time fear; just don’t go down the ‘ Wick’.
When Magistrates were strong but fair, like old McElligott,
When ‘ No Comment’ was never heard, and villains said ‘ Fair Cop’.

But memory, it plays sad tricks, the hurt it does erase,
It numbs the mind; it makes one blind, and leaves us only praise.
But think you of the cold and damp, the hunger-pain and stomach cramp,
The dying child, the dirty room, the poverty, the dismal gloom.
The rasping cough, the winter smog, bodies unburied, graves undug.
The rubbish heaps, streets upswept, I swear to God, I often wept.

For truth is times were seldom good, no happiness and little food.
So don’t say you now how times are tough, no overtime, pay’s not enough,
Or I’ll take you back to days gone bye, then you will know, not wonder why,
That I accept the modern ways and you can keep The Good Old Days.

Answer 3

In some ways yes, in some ways no. Technology is a lot better than years ago, and is getting better by the minute. But people are much worse off than they used to be. There are more overweight people, more depressed people, more angry people, and this is just going to bring us all down.

Answer 4

Things are bad, but actually right now is the best time for me for over 40 years.

Answer 5

No if you look at history we are making the same mistakes that the Romans did and many other great empires. They became very lazy and VERY liberal!!! Anything and everything went. They lost their morals and their empire because of that.

Answer 6

Yes, because now we have Yahoo! Answers to help pass the time.

Answer 7

no ,and we're getting worse by the minute