by Wayne Leon Learmond

Created on: November 28, 2010

Although there has been great progress in the advancement of technology, there is no doubt that it has impoverished the mind. Through the wonders of the modern world we are now able to communicate instantly with our friends and family. Pre-packaged food is cooked at the press of a microwave button, we can change channels on our television sets using remote control. We have satellite navigation systems to help us to get from 'a' to 'b' safely using the shortest route. And everything is created for us to make our lives as simple as possible.

However, despite these and many other things that have been invented to make our lives more hassle-free, these things have only helped in making us a more lazy society. At the press of a button, and without having to think about it, we can do virtually anything we so choose. Want to order items, or foodstuffs? No problem. Just go on the Internet, or use your mobile device and hey presto, the order is processed.

In fact our lives now are not only driven by the Internet, or the red button on our remote control of our television sets {through which you can obtain other services} but through our mobile Internet devices too { such as Blackberry, or the I Pod, to name but two.} Technology rules the roost within this society, and that is a fact. The days of the handyman creating an original piece of furniture are long gone, as furniture now is mass produced and pre-packaged - just like majority of our food.

Even our timepieces now are run by technology - not only counting down in minutes and seconds, but in hundreds of second, or milliseconds. Long gone are the days when watches and clocks just simply told the time, no more no less. Long gone are the days when timepieces were lovingly-made by the hands of master craftsmen and women. When every single moving part within a watch or clock was mechanical...Now our timepieces are battery-run, and technologically-driven.

We do not stop or even pause to think about the things we have lost in our pursuit to make our lives more hassle-free. Indeed we used to pause and admire a piece of furniture, or indeed a timepiece, that had been lovingly-made. We used to lick our lips at the creations our mothers and grandmothers use to cook in the kitchen. Wholesome good food that again, was made with love and care. Nowadays, no thought goes into anything anymore, and we take life so much for granted.

We have lost the ability to improve our minds, because everything we see around us now, is pre-packaged

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