Western Civ Daily. Jan 24th

Is Modern Life "Always" Better Than it was in the Past? 

I personally think that modern life is not always better than the past. Modern life definitely has more advantages and newer and better technology than in the past, but that does not necessarily mean that it is always better. Technology can sometimes lead to problems, and people online can create rumors of famous and important people in the world which sometimes leads to nationwide controversy. The past was lacking technology, communications weren't always great, there were many problems like wars, nationwide depressions, and other problems, but there are still problems in modern time. The United States is in a war, we are dealing with major economic problems, less jobs available, and many other problems. The past may have been lacking a lot of things, but that does not mean that present time is always better. There have been awful things happening to people in the past like infectious diseases like yellow fever, comas, diabetes, pneumonia, and many other were once major diseases which most of the time, lead to death. After years of research in all of these diseases, they are now curable. This is a way that the present is better than the past, but there are still so many non-curable diseases still in this world like cancers, STD's, AIDS, meningococcal meningitis,  influenza, asthma, the common cold, and many others that are still incurable and are still affecting people all over the world every day. Therefore, in some ways the present time is better than the past, but there are ups and downs in both the past and present. This shows that modern life is not ALWAYS better than the past, but modern technology helps with a lot of things in the present times, but it is not the answer to everything.