"Due to the technological and scientific progress, our qualtiy of life is improving" Do you Agree?

Answer 1

Yes!! We are hurting eachother less, learning more and performing better as parents (most important)

Answer 2

It all depends on what you mean by improving. The fact that teenagers spend so much time in front of the TV is definitely not an improvement. The bigger the screen and the better the picture, the more time older adults spend there also.

Computers take up hours of time with people doing mindless searches and game playing. Many people fall victim to scams each and every day involving computer fraud.

Cell phones, they cause more and more accidents both on and off the road these days. Text messaging costs millions of dollars for parents that can not keep their "text junkies" off the phone.


Instant news, this causes people in the news to "Get it wrong" more than it ever did before. They all try to be the first on air or on line, and I frankly I am tired of getting the wrong info with the first report.

There are a lot good things coming out medicine these days. But who can afford the treatments?

Like everything else, it is good for some and bad for others. Unfortunately, the bad seems to be growing faster than the good.

Answer 3

The answer is not a simple yes or no. From an economic standpoint, obviously the answer would be yes. Americans--and to a greater or lesser degree most people--have higher standards of living--and the economic growth that has marked the 2 centuries since the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution continues.

Nor is it just productivity. The drudgery of most work has been largely abolished--and the benefits of medical science are obvious as well (the US lifespan in 1900 was 47 years; now it is pushing 80). We also have greater opportunities for education, travel, entertainment, and so on.

But over the last few decades the answer, on balance, has to be no. It's not that the benefits of science and technology have ceased. But htey have been used in ways that are not positive.

We now live in a social world that is marked by high levels of stress--brought on by an overfocus on work. Most of us spend up to an hour a day in traffic to get to a job that has little meaning--to get the paycheck we have to have to pay for the ccar we have to have to get to work to pay for the house in the suburbs that's so far away we have to work harder to pay for the car. . . .you get the idea.

don't get me wrong--the issues are more complicated--that's just one of several. Bu there is a list of some of the costs:
People now have about 30-40% less free time than they did a generation ago. Depression, obesity, heart disease--all stress-related illnesses--are epidemic. In the pursuit of bigger paychecks and "middle-class lifestyles" we've abondoned the values of community. And we are now faced with the critical necessity of drastically altering our economy and technology in the face of the environmental effects of our energy production. And many of the people of this country do not share in the prosperity and benefits we do have. Our senior citizens, who are at a time when they should be able to enjoy their golden years, are increasingly warehoused in institutions in the mistaken belief that that's an "economical" solution to the problems of old age (BTW, it isn't--its an extremely expensive option, as well as repugnant).

I point to the "stress" issue because, from a psychological/sociological standpoint, it is at the core of your question. What has happened is that more and more Americans have access to materiel prosperity that is truely fantastic. But we are using it--individually and as a society--to trap ourselves on an endless round of work, stress, and frantic hurry. When you combine this with the skyrocketing rates of depression (to name only one symptom) the result is clear: in the midst of plenty we are doing a thoroughgoing job of making our lives miserable.

The technology and science are wonderful tools--but they are only tools. How we choose to use them has--and will continue--to determine whether they are beneficial or harmful.

Answer 4

On the whole I would say yes, it IS improving the quality of life. On the other hand, it is allowing us to become and more sedentary, increasing the "diseases of affluence" Heart Disease, Diabetes, etc.

Answer 5

just depends upon what unit are you setting for measuring "quality" of life...if it's "happiness" than i disagree people were more happy in the past ....an if it's abt having internet and all the things you can do nowadays with fast food and hdtv..well you have the answer ......

Answer 6

yes