<p>I've looked through all the suggestions that users gave me in my previous thread, and I tried to apply it to Blue Book Essay #2</p>
<p>Question: Do changes that make our lives easier not necessarily make them better?</p>
<p>The statement that changes that make our lives easier not necessarily make them better is only sometimes true. Although, some people say that technological advancement makes a better and easier life for everyone, there are two examples that show that changes in technology can only sometimes make a better life even though they made life easier. </p>
<p>First, one of the examples is the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution made life easier by the creation of the steam engine, railroads, and other machines that helped the textile factories get started in the U.K. This allowed many people cheap and high quality products, and it also allowed them to get it fast. However, the revolution made conditions worse for the poor. The people who lived in the London slums during the revolution had a shorter life expectancy than the people living in the areas where they came from in the countryside. The New York City slums had similar worse conditions too. There was raw sewage in the streets, crime was rampant, and whole families were living in small rooms with improper ventilation. Disease spread easily, and very few had access to clean water. People such as Boss Tweed politically manipulated these workers. Although life was made easier by the availability of products after the revolution, conditions made poor workers' lives worse not better.</p>
<p>Although the Industrial Revolution did not make life better for some, the Internet has improved life and made it easier. Wikipedia has made life easier by allowing millions of people to access a free and high-quality encyclopedia. This allows people to stay at home and comfortably do research for projects and other things. It has made life better, because it has allowed more knowledge to be available to more people. The more knowledge the general population has, the better off people will be, because they are more educated. Amazon.com has also made life better and easier, because it allows people to buy almost anything they want online. It is like a virtual Walmart. Amazon.com has made life better, because it allows people to shop online, instead of waiting in line at a store. Instead of buying foodstuffs such as salad by driving to the store, waiting in line, and driving back, you can just buy the salad on Amazon.com and have it quickly delivered to you. People could save time and do other, more important things. The advent of the Internet has made life easier and better.</p>
<p>The advancement of technology does not necessarily mean that life will bet better. The betterment of life can be measure by the impact of it on people. The Industrial Revolution impacted poor workers and their families badly and it made life worse for tem. However, the Internet has allowed many people to live better and easier lives. So, changes that make our lives easier only sometimes make our lives better.</p>