Did Technology Create A Better Standard Of Living?

Today, we see many people using computers. But, nowage was roughly two dollars in 1965. Americans
one ever thinks how life was without computers. Theowned large properties and farms, and they didn't let
whole world is occupied with some job or task. Peopleanyone take away their passion for their career.
don't stop to think about what they are doing , and toAs the world evolved around computers, banking
what purpose does it lead to. America is not what itindustries invested in Microsoft. The Internet was
used to be thirty years ago. From the year 2000 andestablished in 1992. The speed of the Internet was
beyond the United States relies on foreign trade fromvery slow, due to the speed of the computer. The
China, Japan, and Europe. Technology has advancedbanking industries believed that computers would help
very rapidly, and today most of the world cannot gothem speed up money deposits, and transactions in
on without having a computer, cell phone, or PDA inthe near future. It turns out that they were right. Today,
their possession.banks offer credit and debit cards that can also be
Computers have dramatically changed the way weused on line and at the ATM. The Internet started
live. We depend on the computer more than our family.growing rapidly. As a result the world became used to
Numerous amounts of people become tied down tothe Internet. Everyone started buying faster and more
the computer for hours, or even days. The joyfuladvanced computers to catch up with technology. The
activities diminish and our lovely computer becomesworld today depends mostly on computers and
our time consuming activity. Our family becomes theInternet.
second priority due to the impact of the computers inIf all of sudden the Internet and computers didn't work
our daily lives. A major hit is on the children population.for a month, it would result worldwide crash. A big
The children become tied down by video games,portion of the world puts technology in their first priority.
computers, and TV. These objects occasionally takeWhich is very bad because we are using machines to
over the children, and without doubt educationdictate the rest of our future. The future of technology
becomes the least priority.will put our lives in danger. The world is tied down to
About thirty-five years ago, Americans lived withouttechnology like a rope of steel. That rope is
computers. At that time, everything seemed perfectunbreakable. No matter where technology leads, the
and people were joyful. Americans lived the way theyworld will always be tied down to it. If technology
wanted to live. Muscle cars were the popular trend innever existed, then the world would be happy and
automobiles. The standard of living was low in the timejoyful. America would return to the good old days
period from 1960s to 1980s. People didn't care if theirwere family was the first priority and your interests
car had an engine that was a 7.0 liter V8. Gasolinewas the second. The world would return to the way it
was about 40 cents a gallon in 1960s. The minimumshould be, happiness in everyones eyes.