COMPOSITION

French writer Antonie de Saint-Exupéry said that “the best things people have made (the airplane, the telephone…) are things that bring people together”. Discuss the statement and say what are to your mind, the best things people have made. Would you say that the Internet makes our social life richer or poorer?

There are many things people have made that bring people together and in doing this are commendable inventions, but it does not necessary mean they are the best things. What about life changing inventions such as clean running water systems direct to our homes, electricity, X-ray machines and dialysis machines, etc…? Surely these are some of the “best things” people have made.
Concerning the Internet I believe that in many ways it has improved and expanded our social life because we have the ability to be in contact with friends and family all over the world easily and cheaply. However the Internet has also limited our social life in that we spend less time talking face to face with people.