Some people think that technology makes life complex, so we should make our life simpler without using technology. To what extent do you agree or disagree.
We currently live in such complex society, now that technology keeps advancing more and more. Some people despise these changes as it makes our lives much more complex and consequentially, makes us less happy. This essay shall analyze the origins, along with the arguments made by those who agree with the former statement and come up with an answer.
The origins of people wanting a simpler and happy life, without the interference of technology seems to stem from the Luddite movement in industrial Britain. The Luddites sought to destroy machinery as it would destroy their crafts and jobs, along with how poor the labor rights were in those factories. This movement would die out due to government suppression as the British parliament passed a policy which made “machine breaking” a felony. Now, let us point to some of the earlier examples, like Ted Kaczynski, he sought to destroy industrial society through acts of terrorism and such so as to grant “freedom” for humanity.
So why is technology bad according to them? Whilst it is true that some technologies, especially ones related to industry is bound to make lives harder for those who cannot cope with it, the conclusion that we should abandon such technologies is absurd. Have these gentlemen ever seen how comfortable society is for us now? Case in point, during the feudal era, you needn’t sell your labor-power to those who were above you under feudalism (which was a society less technologically advanced than one of capitalism), yes that is correct. This is because it cannot become a commodity, for said workers under feudalism are already owned by the feudal lords, just like how we own cattle. The lords freely used it because it was already owned by himself.
In conclusion, the idea that we should abandon technology due to some drawbacks is absurd, utopian and idealistic. What is to actually be done is to utilize these machineries in a different way, one not of exploitation or wage-labor, but one of social production so that there shall be free consumption for all.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: some
...reaking” a felony. Now, let us point to some of the earlier examples, like Ted Kaczynski, h...
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...iety through acts of terrorism and such so as to grant “freedom” for humanity. So why ...
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Message: Consider replacing "in a different way" with adverb for "different"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...be done is to utilize these machineries in a different way, one not of exploitation or wage-labor,...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, if, so, as to, in conclusion, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 24.0651302605 158% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 45.0 41.998997996 107% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1716.0 1615.20841683 106% => OK
No of words: 344.0 315.596192385 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.98837209302 5.12529762239 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.30665032142 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79920578051 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 203.0 176.041082164 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.59011627907 0.561755894193 105% => OK
syllable_count: 539.1 506.74238477 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.021128521 49.4020404114 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.4 106.682146367 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9333333333 20.7667163134 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.66666666667 7.06120827912 52% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.67935871743 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 3.9879759519 201% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.253677552056 0.244688304435 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0792200732702 0.084324248473 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0727656866863 0.0667982634062 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.136956876268 0.151304729494 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0300078619763 0.056905535591 53% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 13.0946893788 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.96 12.4159519038 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.49 8.58950901804 99% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 78.4519038076 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.