Today's Society and Ease of Life

As the years have gone by, society has changed in many ways. Some things in life have gotten easier and faster. Just to name a few: we now have automobiles, electronic devices, ready to eat foods and many restaurants. Life has gotten easier but at what price? Some people are overweight and others are sick. The current society believes that if is easy and fast, then it is better. The current society is also now filled with citizens that are sick. Some have allergies, some have unexplained illnesses, and some have serious illnesses. Others have pain and illnesses that doctors do not know what the patient has so the doctors say the person has some generic illness, such as Fibromyalgia. There are negative and positive aspects of life being faster and easier. Automobiles have made life a lot easier for people. People can get to their destinations quicker and faster. Distance traveled for commuting can be great distances so automobiles have made the process easier. The negative side of this improved transportation method is that people no longer want to walk anywhere. People used to walk to get to where they were going. Now, people do not want to even walk to go throw the trash in the dumpster. They drive a couple of feet in their cars just to throw the trash away. They drive down to the corner store to buy something instead of walking. People in today's society lack exercise thus they become sick and contract illnesses that otherwise would not have happened. Today's society is full of people that are overweight, sick, or have illness and one reason is lack of exercise due to the easy access of the automobile. Computers and electronic devices have made life a lot easier for people in today's society. But again, at what price? Computers and electronic devices give easy and fast access to information, shopping, doing work, and