Some believe that modern technology is increasing the gap between rich and poor people, while others disagree. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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Some believe that modern technology is increasing the gap between rich and poor people, while others disagree. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Since the Internet bubble during the late 1990s, the world has entered the era of unprecedented technological advancement, leading to the mounting debate on the gulf between the affluent and the impoverished. Although the role of technology in alleviating the hardship of poor people is undeniable, I am inclined toward the view that it has been, concurrently, widening the income inequality.

Advocates of technology often argue that such development has improved the living conditions of the needy at a significantly fast pace. Admittedly, technological products and services are becoming ever cheaper, so now even those earning a low income can possess mobile devices and, consequently, have access to the Internet. With many free courses offered online covering a wide range of topics of academic and practical knowledge, they can gain an alternative education without attending school and paying fees, which they may be unable to afford. Besides the all-important access to education, newly developed technology can aid inhabitants of remote, deprived areas to have clean water, improve farming techniques and enjoy sustainable energy, such as hydropower and solar energy.

Notwithstanding the strengths of modern technology in helping people escape poverty, I believe that it has also been, simultaneously, expanding the inequality gap. When technology develops, it has been replacing many jobs heretofore reserved for the middle- and low-income workers with robots and artificial intelligence, thereby increasing the level of unemployment, as seen in Southern Europe recently, and social unrest. Furthermore, technology-driven economies usually favour a small group of successful individuals by amplifying their talent and luck. Therefore, while development is occurring and the total incomes of such countries are growing, high-tech entrepreneurs, such as the founders of great companies like Facebook, Google or Alibaba, are seen to profit disproportionately compared with the remainder.

In conclusion, I am for the idea that modern developments in technology, albeit beneficial to low-income people, have given the rich a far greater boost, which exacerbates the wealth disparity issue.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, consequently, furthermore, if, may, so, therefore, while, as to, in conclusion, such as

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 13.1623246493 68% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 7.85571142285 51% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 14.0 24.0651302605 58% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 41.998997996 90% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1885.0 1615.20841683 117% => OK
No of words: 324.0 315.596192385 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.81790123457 5.12529762239 114% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24264068712 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.32060182944 2.80592935109 118% => OK
Unique words: 220.0 176.041082164 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.679012345679 0.561755894193 121% => OK
syllable_count: 601.2 506.74238477 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.9 1.60771543086 118% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.10420841683 238% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 16.0721442886 68% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 29.0 20.2975951904 143% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 42.0591869466 49.4020404114 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 171.363636364 106.682146367 161% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.4545454545 20.7667163134 142% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.27272727273 7.06120827912 131% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.134320973057 0.244688304435 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0479162278142 0.084324248473 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0362836385318 0.0667982634062 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0779385320966 0.151304729494 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0285394696957 0.056905535591 50% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 20.7 13.0946893788 158% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 16.66 50.2224549098 33% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 14.6 7.44779559118 196% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 18.1 11.3001002004 160% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 17.07 12.4159519038 137% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 11.22 8.58950901804 131% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 78.4519038076 161% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 16.5 9.78957915832 169% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 10.1190380762 134% => OK
text_standard: 17.0 10.7795591182 158% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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