It is often argued that people of the current century live better than those in the past and I partly agree with this view.
On the one hand, there are many benefits of living in the modren era. Firtsly, the development of technology offers many opportunities which allow people to make thier work more easier and efficient, also help them to communicate faster with others. A good example of this, if people use robats and artificial intelligence, the productivity and efficiency can be increased by automating labour. Secondly, advenced medicine in the 21st century which can bring sustainable cure for serious diseases has contributed significantly to the quality of life. For instance, scientist have found new vaccines for AIDS that was impossible to treat and caused the death of many people.
On the other hand, I also believe that the modren era is not without its downsides. One issue is that industrializiation and urbaniziation have led to several types of pollution and climate change which may eventually, cause to the reduction of life expectency. Furthermore, the advances in technology has come with its drawbacks as this has increased the unemployment level replacing most employees as well as making other workers inactive both mentally and physically at workplaces. For example,many tasks such as, calculation and data management are mostly being done by computers that is causing to much dependece on technology.
In conclusion, it seems to me that the increase in the life quality of this century has both beneficial and detrimental effects on individuals.