Earlier technological developments brought more benefits and changed the lives of ordinary people more than recent developments ever will. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Improvements in

technology

over many

years

have dramatically changed the world that we live in, and some

people

think that earlier advances in

technology

have had a greater impact on and been more beneficial to the

lives

of ordinary society than more recent changes.

However

, I partially agree with

this

as the advantages and influences on

people

’s

lives

actually depend on the particular area of automation. There is no doubt that some earlier advances in automation have been very influential,

such

as those related to

technology

around the home. Devices

such

as washing machines, fridges and freezers, central heating, microwaves and televisions were invented many

years

ago, and now nearly every household has all or some of these in their home, making life much easier. Though they have been improved over time, they still carry out much the same purpose as when they were first invented. Another example is that of medicine. Despite the fact that there have been ground-breaking recent medical developments,

such

as that connected to research into genes and stem cells, the benefits to the average person are still many

years

away. The most influential impacts on health have been earlier technological progress of the past, which

remain

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today. These are the ability to treat so many injuries and diseases and carry out organ transplants in hospitals. It is these that have benefits on so many

lives

and will for decades to come.

However

, if we look at some more recent advancements, they have had a much greater influence than in the past.

For instance

, there is the phone, which was a significant development when invented

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many

people

.

However

,

although

invented many

years

ago, technological improvements over the

last

few decades have enabled the phone to

now

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be mobile and connected to the internet.

This

has had incredible impacts on the way

people

Iive

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Live

their

lives

with

people

using phones for so many everyday activities and for connecting around the world. In conclusion, I would argue that

although

some older technological developments are important, some new ones are too. The impacts on ordinary

people

’s

lives

,

therefore

, depend on the type of

technology

in question.