Happiness is Relevant to Different Times
In his essay "Civilization and Its Discontents", Sigmund Freud states his opinion that technological progress has failed to make humans happier. I strongly disagree to this opinion as I believe that today's technological progress has made our lives more efficient and interesting, and thus more happy. Freud speaks in a time when the progress of technology had not started its rapid acceleration, and so the technology of his day did not have a large positive …
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…As John Mill would say "opinions should always be argued against". Because Freud lived in a time when the then modern technology did not affect the mass of population in greatly positive ways, he has more reasoning to say that technology does not make people happier. But because I am referring to today's world, I strong believe that modern technology makes us happier as it touches the lives of every person in many different ways.
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