What about our world

[Paul2]

I voted better.  Healthcare and technology rules, period.

Originally posted by Titan
I actually would rather live in Roman times or Medieval times as opposed to now. I don\'t really want to live old and I like the war style of those times. It may have been bloodier but it was fair and ethical. Today, the US has a big advantage over most countries, its just a slaughter.

Fair and ethical?  Haha, no.  Since when are things like slavery and feudalism fair and ethical?

[Titan]

Originally posted by shockwaves
Fair and ethical?  Haha, no.  Since when are things like slavery and feudalism fair and ethical?

I was talking about warfare, not the class system.

Yeah, but you have tho realize how much better things could be... itd be absurd tot hink of having monarchs in control of us today, but looking back on now, the way we live now will be just as absurd.

[Titan]

Just think, in like 500 years, people will probably think that we were primitive in this age.

worse, people are no more happy than they were back in the old days....
true we have more technology and what not, but does it make us happier? no

[clips]

i think we are generally better off today than we were years ago,..bascically due to technology & medical advances. But with these great advances there are those that choose to make some unfortunate decisions with them..(looks at crazy scientists trying to clone humans) :rolleyes:

Worse.

Neither...we\'ve gone to the moon, can fly around the world, dive in to the depths of the ocean, have open heart surgery, synthetic(sp?) limbs, and chat with people across the world.  All that and we\'ve come no closer to understanding ourselves or why we\'re here.

We\'ll become better when people learn to drop their egos.  Until then they\'ll keep filling it with religous babble, pride, and self-righteousness.

[Jumpman]

Better.

Seriously, anyone who says worse is an idiot and wrong.

No Titan, you would not rather live in Roman times. You can forget about things like free speech, the sheer number of activities you can do to enjoy yourself, living in comfort in terms of weather(you know they didn\'t have heaters for the past 200 years...I can\'t imagine living in Canada without heat), can\'t have nearly the amount of sex you have now(...), you\'re way of thinking would be one dimensional, if your parents sucked then automatically YOU suck too,etc. If you were a Roman soldier...do you know how much ****ing walking you would do? Conquer here fight there...all in an 80 pound suit of armor. You would be such an uncomfortable puppet...

If you think it\'s so much worse today...leave. Go make a little fort in the forest and live in it. Go live in a cave without technology. Move to a third world country. See what it\'s like living in primitive times and judge for yourself.

The fact is, we will never have a perfect society or world. Like I said in another thread, humans are not perfect beings. We have our flaws, savage human instincts. We desire power and control. We are greedy, seflish, inconsiderate of everyone else around us, but we are who we are. We are meant to live in a such a sophisticated society because we are an advanced lifeform. The past, the roman times, the fudal ages the dark ages, just trial and error to keep improving on society which is a necessity. We will never have it perfect, we can only hope to achieve one goal at a time and solve problems where there are possible solutions.

Slavery...just one word and it makes you cringe. No explanation needed.

"true we have more technology and what not, but does it make us happier? no"

Yes. Lesser technology produces inferior results. We\'re an advanced being and without technology, what would aid us to satisfy our advanced needs? We strive to improve upon everything...most of those things needed improvement on like communication, shelter, printing press, food, healthcare, etc?

"Bah....better live few great years and die than live many years in agony, stress, disappointemnt without achieving anything signifigant"

What was so great about being able to do nothing? You think the people who lived to be 30 achieved anything besides working and living like an animal for someone who was born into a better life and can coast through life doing nothing?

I don\'t know why I\'m going on about this. If you ever attended a history class then you would be thankful of the world we live in today and appreciate the superior lifestyle we live in today. Someone give a reasonable explanation as to why you would rather live in the past than today. And if you do, prepare for a decently well thought rebuttal that\'s not ridilled with grammatical and spelling errors!

I would have to say its the same.

Certain aspects of life are better than they were centuries ago and at the same time certain aspects are worse. It all balances out.