Issue16 恳求拍砖

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TOPIC: ISSUE16 - "Although many people think that the luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life are entirely harmless, in fact, they actually prevent people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals."

    Is it true that conveniences and luxuries of contemporary life stop people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals, as the speaker claims? It has considerable merits, and I concede that to some extent that kind of life is really not healthy for people and inhibits one’s motivation. Nevertheless, in my view, luxuries and conveniences of life are attributed to the development of science and technology, which actually have great significance and enormous influence on life and individuals.
    As far as the achievement of science and technology is concerned, few would disagree that humanity is the biggest beneficiaries of the myriad of 20th century innovations. Regarding the conveniences, I would like to take the computer as an example. Technology enables the computer to do whatever human designed. With effective power, computers can keep on working efficiently to help free up time of people. No longer haunted by countless repetitiveness of calculation, people now are easy deal with what of certain complexity and are available to outdoor. Regarding the luxuries, it is more than to illustrate. Simply put, for the individual, it has made universal access to information possible; for the society, it has aided designing of safety and more attractive bridges, building and vehicles. Indisputably, we humans are enjoying a range of critical new benefits.
       Involuntarily, individuals are inevitable involved in this era of rapid technological changing. As the process and application of technology in fields, such as manufacture, communication industry, and so on, varieties of modern facilities are produced and offered human beings more independence. The automobile, for example, serves to enhance independence in transportation and residence. Vehicles, including Cars, trains, planes and so forth, make it possible for people to travel everywhere they want to. Also companies are allowed to pursue employment far from their communities. On the other hand, we are brought to a world full of new concepts and ideas like “high-tech”, which is far from traditional. Through the courses of studying and investigating this field, we not only gain the knowledge and information, but also reap the special ability to survival in the competitive society. By applying the technology we learned, for instance, we can design software on computers and then we can get a great deal from it. Thus, we become strong enough in society.
       However, we should not overextended depend on the conveniences and luxuries that science and technology brought. It is even very harmful for people in the long run. In our daily life, for example, people always tend to driving the destinations even they are nor far. Moreover, by network services and computer connection, some people sitting at table do nothing but work and entertainment. Consequently, lacking physical exercises they are less immune to sickness. Since we human have more concerning about healthy life, the hidden negative effects of science technology should be taken in consideration when enjoying the conveniences and luxuries of them.
       In sum, the boom of science and technology, admittedly, has led to certain negative effect on life. Nonetheless, apart from supplying convenience and luxuries, it is more often than not positive and helpful to the society and human civilization. In the final analysis, then, the correctness of the speaker’s assertion must be determined on a case-by-case basis.