Topic 1: Increasing travels between countries enable people to learn different cultures or to increase tension between people from different countries

Topic 19: Earlier technological development brought more changes to the life of ordinary people 
than recent technological development do. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
 
Undoubtedly, people are now enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history. 
Although there is a consensus that social changes coincide normally with technological advances, it is a 
contentious issue whether the earlier technology (e.g., machines, cars, airplanes) impacts on people's 
lives to a larger extent than does the recent technology (e.g., Internet, computers). In my opinion, the 
recent improvements in technology have more far-reaching consequences. 
While the invention of automobiles was a