How much has progress improved your life? In most cases, the improvements are very noticeable, like computers and phones. Other improvements might be our Global Positioning System (GPS) \u2013 how many of you remember paper maps \u2013 the ones you\u2019d go to gas stations to buy. You\u2019d unfold them, find your destination, then figure out what roads would get you there. Lots of notes were needed for longer trips. GPS has replaced paper maps and has become much more accurate than in the early days of GPS systems. Now you simply type your desired destinations, and within seconds, you have route options. I use GPS every day I work, and couldn\u2019t do my job without it. Besides, now we don\u2019t have to refold those paper maps. A task that was never easy to do.<\/p>\n
How about electric bikes? I personally don\u2019t consider electric bikes to be an improvement. Back in the good old days, as kids, our best way to get around from place to place was to get on our bikes and pedal. Today\u2019s electric bikes have drastically reduced the need to pedal. Because of this, kids on electric bikes are getting far less exercise. Today\u2019s electric bikes might be considered dangerous for many riders because they go too fast, and a lot of bike riders don\u2019t realize how going faster creates more danger. Proof of that is a 15-year-old Florida boy who lost his life on an electric bike. That death has prompted residents to call for restrictions. It\u2019s too bad a young boy had to lose his life to help people realize there might need to be restrictions on electric bikes.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I\u2019m not really sure our phones are always an improvement in our lives. We\u2019ve become dependent on them \u2013 if you don\u2019t think so, think about when you forget your phone at home, reach in your pocket to get it, and realize you don\u2019t have it with you \u2013 I\u2019ll bet you felt lost. I\u2019ve seen evidence that shows our phones have taken away much of the time we might actually talk to other humans. Take a look around you in a restaurant \u2013 you\u2019re likely to see people holding their phones in front of them, swiping through screens, and not talking to others seated at the same table. In many ways, our present-day phones have changed how we communicate \u2013 not necessarily an improvement, yet what would we do without them?<\/p>\n
The vehicles we drive have seen major improvements over the years. They are much safer to operate and much more comfortable, but as you know, if you\u2019ve gone to buy a car lately, those improvements came at a considerable cost.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t think of anything that I need in my daily life that hasn\u2019t improved from when I was young, but there have been times I\u2019d love to go back in time when things seemed much simpler.<\/p>\n
Have A Good Week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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