Why life is getting harder and harder?

Tom: Are there any other reasons why life is getting harder?

Guru: Technology.

Tom: I thought that technology makes life easier.

Guru: Appropriate use of technology makes life easier.

Tom: So we’re not using technology appropriately?

Guru: Let me put it this way.

Tom: Which way?

Guru: With the new technology, are people buzier at work or do they have more time for leisure?

Tom: Undoubtedly, buzier at work.

Guru: But technology is supposed to give us more time for leisure?

Tom: It is?

Guru: So technology makes us buzier and our lives harder.

Tom: So life is hard.

Guru: And there’s another point.

Tom: What is it?

Guru: Since the world operates on the basis of competition, it’s like a race.

Tom: Okay.

Guru: And the fastest runners dictate the rate of technology advancement.

Tom: So the rate is very fast?

Guru: The rate is too fast.

Tom: Too fast for the other runners.

Guru: So the other runners are struggling to catch up.

Tom: They’ll never catch up. So life becomes a struggle.

Guru: And it’s getting harder and harder.

Tom: This is a very good observation, Guru Harry. So how can we make life easier?

Guru: Slow down and cooperate.