The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time

There have been numerous technological advancement in the past three decades, increasing the efficiency of both humans and machines to unprecedented levels in almost every field. The speaker states that the primary goal should in the technological advancement should be to make people more efficient so that the time they save in work can be used in leisure activities. In my opinion, i strongly agree with the time saved by people should be used in leisure for two reasons.

In this incessantly increasing competition, people do not have time for themselves. All they do in a day is work, making them less efficient than before. They are running to make their ends meet. It is true that one should be diligent and disciplined but to have almost no time for yourself in a day is what making people dull and depressed. For instance, if one wants to look for an example one need to look no further than the India. An average Indian working in a MNC is working for 9-12 hours in a day, travel for 2-3 hours in a day and sleep for the rest of the day. Not only this routing is harmful for the human body but also this routing has severe psychological impact, which always keep them enervate. The only thing through which they can have more time for themselves is only if they have to work for less hours. This can be achieved through technological advancement, which can make them more efficient.

Another reason for agreement with the author is that corporations want to bolster their business, increase their sales and expand their client base. They have developed Artififical Intellegence(AI) for the above mention methods but still lack human judgement. Corporations know that people work better when they are mentally healthy but in fact they drain people by making them work for longer hours. They should grow in business, as this is the major goal of any corporation but they should give people more leisure time, which would be possible only when they work less. So, technological advancement must work in order to improve efficiency, giving people more leisure time.

A view contrary to that is that since technological advancement people are getting less and less leisure time, making them less efficient but what was the primary goal of the technological advancement was to give people more leisure time? Probably “no”. In sum, technological advancement should be make in order to improve efficiency, which in fact will give people more leisure time.