The modern technologies have brought a great amount of luxuries and conveniences to our life. For example , we can go anywhere by cars instead of on foot. We can wash our clothes with a washing machine instead of by our hands. We can call our friends through phone or e-mail instead of going there by ourselves to say hello to them. We can do shopping at home because of the electronic commerce through Internet. All these may greatly reduce people’s physical movement and make people be more dependant on the modern appliances. However it will not prevent from people becoming truly strong and independent individuals. Whether people become more strong and independent or less than before is a relative question. To the whole society, one is becoming less in-dependent. While to another person, one is becoming more independent.
In modern society people are much more linked with each other, which is the result of modem communication. Geographically, one can travel all around the world quickly and comfortably by train and plane. Economically, one can purchase products from other countries. The companies try their best to sell their product all over the world. That is the globalization of economy. Modern man knows much more than their ancestors, because there are more sources of information such as TV, radio, Internet. On one hand, one can know what is happening in the world just by staying at home. On the other had, one has to know the most up-dated information because he can only make a right decision on the base of that. Internet is the most welcomed, for it is just like a big library for information sharing. With the more fine social division of labor, specialists appear and are needed. One good example is about food. Nowadays people can taste all kinds of food from other countries without having to make by themselves but just go to a restaurant, because there have specialists of one kind of food.
From the perspective of individual, people are growing into more strong and independent individuals. One can do everything of by himself because everyone is a generalist of living skills and can solve almost all common problems for himself with all modern appliances. He can buy foods in a supermarket or to eat at a restaurant. He can washing for himself with a machine. He can find almost all what he want know on the Internet. Even if he gets a cold he can go to the chemical shop and by the medicine for himself. He can entertain himself just at home, with TV, radio and Internet. Also one can do sports at home with those electronic appliances. The most important thing is that one can easily consult the Internet for what he wants to know. Moreover, man’s intelligence and creativity are endless. What seem as luxuries and convenience may one day not satisfy modern people, then new things will be created. Such a process is everlasting.
Actually, in modern society, the luxuries and convenience make people more strong and independent in the perspective as contrasting to another person. But at the same time people are becoming more dependants on others and modem appliances in the whole society.