Are We Happier Than Our Fore-Fathers

All around us we see hundreds of things which are the gifts of modern science, so we possess many things as compared to our fore-fathers. But can we say that we are really happier than our forefathers? It is hard to answer this question. Let us see what kind of life they led. Well, there can be two views. One of those ,who are now become very much acquainted with the scientific inventions and can not imagine to live without them and second of those ,who prefer hard work and want to live a simple life.

In the modern world, we see that life has become tremendously busy. People don't have time for their families' .They have become more materialistic and want to perform work within seconds and comfort, thanks to these inventions. Although the life has been made comfortable and luxurious by these inventions but this has also given rise to unrest .Man has forgotten to work hard and now he just wants comfort and easiness in life.\\Earlier ,life was quite and simple in the sense that there was less noise all around. The invention of these machineries has definitely corrupted the environment in the sense that they have increased the noise pollution as well as the air pollution.

Life was harder earlier but the man was happy internally as he had no desires of such things, but as the world progressed there were inventions day by day, making man a slave of such luxury. Man now can not even imagine living without these inventions because now these have become a part of his life.

In those days there were no railways, electricity, telephones, motor cars etc. The recent induction is of robots and cell phones. No body had thought of the radio, or even gramophones. There was no electricity and the comforts which we now have they never thought of .There was nothing like Medical Science and in times of epidemics thousands died.

We enjoy these advantages which our forefathers did not have. We wonder how our forefathers lived without the comforts and luxuries which we are now so common.

These are some of the blessing of science however this happiness is not unmixed with sorrow. Science has given us terrible weapons of mass destruction. When consider that science has given us Atom Bombs and Hydrogen Bombs which wipe out entire nations in one time ,we begin to wonder whether science is going to prove to be a problem rather than a blessing. We still feel doubtful if we are really happier than our forefathers. In fact our whole life has become a great hurry.

We hurry from one activity to another and we hunger for rest. Our life is hustle and bustle, excitement and worry. How ever, let us ask ourselves if it is really the fault of science or the scientist? The scientists invented the aero plane which serves as the wing of man. However the politicians used the aero plane as a bomber to destroy thousands of people whose fault is it? Certainly not of the science .Science is not the enemy of mankind but it benefactor. Science has in fact contributed immensely to human happiness.

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