Aristotle:

Like everything in life, I believe that if we indulge in technology to an excess, then we will not develop a virtuous nature. Ultimately, we must use our unique human function of reason to determine the virtuous mean of such actions. However, as technology has the potential to provide us with pleasure, we must guard against this vice more consciously, as we do not consider such issues impartially. That being said, technology can better our lives- it could even be said to be an 'external good', which aids our pursuit of virtue. We must attempt to indulge in such activities to the right amount.

Technology enhances our productivity- everything we wish to achieve as humans, we may do so faster and more effectively when aided by technology. Modern healthcare enables us to minimise the suffering experienced during life; contemporary production systems ensure that we constantly have the products we need to survive. I do not have a phone, so last weekend when I got lost in the midst of Essendon, it took me almost 3 hours to find my way home. This time could have been better spent on more productive means, which would have been possible had I had a trusty GPS or a smartphone

Humans are social animals- we simply cannot survive in complete solitude. Technology, however, has cheapened the value of social interaction. Nowadays we can present our lives as idealistic on social media, even if reality is anything but. When previously people had to meet face to face, now a couple of lines counts for conversation. This is not the good life, merely an illusion of the good life.