I'm actually the same age as you but i don't see why technology has
anything to do with it besides making us less tolerant of
discomforts. In the end it really depends on your perspective on
what is fast paced or not, but i'm sure it's not going to beat my
grandfather carrying ricebags everyday under the hot sun and heavy
rain.
The problem is we are going have to face the fact that
we're not going to be able to make the kind of jump from poverty to
fortune the way our grandparents did. It's a physical fact rather
than the incompetence of the PAP government.
It's just like doing Pull ups in NS, in BMT the amount of pull
ups you can do will greatly increase but once you pass out you will
start to realise each additional pull up is going to take more
training and effort than the previous one.
Right now we are already close to our limit, where each % of
growth is taking vastly more effort than the previous. There is no
such thing as unlimited growth.
Whether something is bad or worse is a matter of perspective. I
enjoy taking walks and i feel cars are hardly a neccessity in
Singapore so the ERP hardly affects me. I like my job and my
colleagues, and i enjoy being able to treat my relatives to the
occasional lunch.
I control my spending and make sure there is a clear line
between need and want. I don't have problems getting food or drinks
and my water and electricity is uninterrupted. I don't just live
within my means, i live below my means.
When you think something is bad, you make it easier for you to
accept information to support the belief that it is bad giving the
impression that it is worse. So whether you feel life in Singapore
is getting harder or not is whether you want to believe
that it is
That's my take on it.
Different ppl will always have different PoV.
So u mean our working society is not fast-paced enough for u? As
in average.. Not comparing with other countries.
The defination of average household in the past is having 3
meals per day, having a roof over their head, clothes to wear,
having no TV blah blah blah and its a common sight or maybe u can
said its above average. How bout now? It's like almost a 99% for
ppl to have TV at home .. and let said about 50% have PCs at home
shall we? Its a pretty low amt tbh but of cos there are sure poor
household ard .. compare that with the "In-the-past-average"
household.
This is the comparsion we have now .. In the future, there will
or might be a higher lvl of comparsion of us and with our next
generation between rich and average, therefore i will said at least
for my generation we are not those born with the golden spoon in
our mouths .. Its just average.
As for the technology part, technology as already become the
part of our life.. It's more than about making "discomfort" more
comfortable. We simply cannot live without it .. MRT is a
technology, how many ppl can live without it? Ok maybe a few
percentage .. Majority still need it .. Televison is also a
technology, how many ppl can live without it? Ok maybe some don't.
Usining remote control to switch channels? controlling the volume?
Computers? We are in the IT age now .. Everything u ask .. Ppl dun
knwo the answer to it they will just said "Google is your best
friend" .. It's like almost a need too nowadays, i do understand
some household do not have computers at home, how bout visiting the
lilbrary? Lilbrary in the past do not have such things as internet
services IIRC. I remember in the past how i dial-up to the net with
snaill-slow spd .. Nowadays how many ppl are still using dial-up?
The prices of 56k and 256k is pretty obvious which u will take. So
all in all .. Wat i wanna said is that, technology is not just
about being making us less tolerant of discomforts. It's more than
that.
And as for the improvment part of Singapore, yeah we sorta hit
the limits considering the size of SG to other countries so yeah gl
to all the increasing prices and stuff.