The increasingly rapid pace of life today causes more problems than it solves.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
When was the last time you stopped to smell the roses? When was the last time you took a beat to enjoy whatever it was that you were doing, however mundane? The statement that life in the fast track as it is today, has given birth to more problems that it meant to solve, which in my opinion, is mostly true for three reasons.
Firstly, modern human life is rife with problems that arose out of the attempts of our ancestors to make life more convenient. However, these attempts, while objectively fruitful, have created new problems of their own. Take for instance, transportation. From walking to horse-buggies to cars to airplanes, transportation means have come a long way. Driving this wildly unprecedented innovation was the need to travel faster and more comfortably. Unequivocally, the goal has been achieved - but at what cost? Today, cities are riddled with traffic jams and the resulting pollution. Cars have been deemed to one of the most potent causes of climate change, and humans the world over are engaged in coming up with solutions to make transportation sustainable. Thus, while we set out to solve one problem, we have invented a few others in the process.
Secondly, technology is ever-evolving and can never be deemed to be perfected. One of the reasons behind this is that while technology is a problem-solver, it is also a problem-creator. Consider the evolution of computer processors. Moore's law states that the speed of processors doubles approximately every two years. Ask any computer enthusiast and they will tell you how this fact has precipitated into unbelievable leaps in computing speed and capabilities. But there is always a flip side. Processor chips tend to heat up when they work. Higher the processing speed, faster the heat up. Hence the rise in processor speed has to be matched with an adequate cooling system that keeps the chip from burning up. The cooling system often comes in the form a fan which makes the CPU case bulky. Manufacturers of computer parts are now engaged in coming up with more compact designs for the CPU case. As you can see, in the process of solving the original problem of processor speed, much like a Russian doll, a slew of newer problems were created.
Thirdly, the rapid pace of life today is the result of years and years of people trying to cut corners on time, so that we may free up time for other leisurely pursuits. However, that is arguably the case. The modern parent wakes up at dawn and helps themselves to their instant coffee machine. For the kids' breakfast, they could make an elaborate conventional breakfast, or reach for the easily available, high-brand cereal that is almost, if not entirely, equally nutritious. While they finish their own bowl, they pull out their mobile device and check their calendar and emails to get a head-start for the day. At work, they gobble up their lunch so that they may leave early and see their family - only to come home to find that the kids have been assigned a deluge of homework because the school thinks it's just not enough in today's fast-paced world and the kids need a head-start. It seems all of the time that we are racing through life trying to catch up on time but we never do.
To conclude, all our efforts to make life easier have introduced new unexpected complexities. It is a cycle that feeds into itself. One may argue that life today is much easier than, say, life in the medieval times. But it is important to consider that we have simply been able to alleviate older problems, but in their place they have created newer problems that are just as cumbersome.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 592, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
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Line 4, column 897, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, third, thirdly, thus, while, as to, for instance, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 19.5258426966 164% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 11.3162921348 194% => OK
Pronoun: 61.0 33.0505617978 185% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 83.0 58.6224719101 142% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2980.0 2235.4752809 133% => OK
No of words: 626.0 442.535393258 141% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.76038338658 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.00199880112 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67122473784 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 326.0 215.323595506 151% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.520766773163 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 919.8 704.065955056 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 35.0 20.2370786517 173% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 51.9901874572 60.3974514979 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.1428571429 118.986275619 72% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8857142857 23.4991977007 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.91428571429 5.21951772744 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 13.0 4.83258426966 269% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.199121960878 0.243740707755 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0432220023285 0.0831039109588 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0456223659385 0.0758088955206 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.113963249401 0.150359130593 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.056916284558 0.0667264976115 85% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.9 14.1392134831 70% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 48.8420337079 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 12.1743820225 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.03 12.1639044944 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.09 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 143.0 100.480337079 142% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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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.