Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Technology has made the world a better place to live. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

The progress in technological development changes our lives dramatically. These changes can have positive as well as negative effects. I personally think that technology has improved our lives and made the Earth a better place to live. I will provide my reasons for this point of view in the following essay. To begin with, technological development improved our communication. To travel from one continent to another takes just hours. Centuries ago traveling from Europe to America could take months,for example, nowadays a person just needs to buy a plane ticket and arrive at an airport on time to cover the same distance in a matter of several hours. In my case,this is a very convenient technological achievement, because my family lives on different continents. My mother lives in New York and my father in Moscow. If there were no planes, I would probably not see my mother very often , to say the least. I live with my father in Moscow and try to visit my mother a couple of times a year. So, technology makes our family life better. Furthermore, technology expedited the construction of buildings. The world population is growing and without technological advancements people would have to struggle to find shelter. These days a building can be built pretty fast. I heard of technologies that allow erecting one floor a day. We now have tower cranes, concrete pumps, excavators,and many other tools which were not available to our predecessors. China is building apartment blocks in a month’s time to accommodate its huge population, this is all thanks to technology. Furthermore, technology expedited the construction of buildings. The world population is growing and without technological advancements people would have to struggle to find shelter. These days a building can be built pretty fast. I heard of technologies that allow erecting one floor a day. We now have tower cranes, concrete pumps, excavators,and many other tools which were not available to our predecessors. China is building apartment blocks in a month’s time to accommodate its huge population, this is all thanks to technology. In conclusion, I believe that technology made our world a better place for living. This is because it is allowed.