Because the world is changing so quickly, people now are less happy or satisfied than in the past. As science and technology advance quickly in recent years, fashions such as smartphones and their applications are being inroduced and updated at an unprecedented rate. However, as we awe at these achievements of modern technology, there are always worries on whether they are really making us more happy and satisfied or not. In my opinion, the answer is obviously no. First of all, new technologies are making us less satified of what we have. A good example is about smartphones: 5 or 6 years ago when I was still in the elementry school, very few student possessed mobile phones. Even if they had, the phones were usually quite 'primitive', like those early Nokia models, and their only functions were making calls and sending texts. They looked ugly and even did not have any games! As a result, mobile phones were not very popular among students then. However, as we are ushered into the so-called 'smartphone era', mobile phones now weigh less, look prettier and contain more applications and games. They are becoming more popular and attractive to students. Thus, students began to compare their phones with others', and they are always asking their parents to buy the newest model for them, because they may feel embarrassed when they are not using the most 'fashionable' phones. Second, up-to-date technologies make us less happy than before. There is currently an interesting phenomenon in China that whenever in a party people are always staring and slicing on their smartphone screens, browsing websites or chatting online and not listening to or talking with others. This phenomenon clearly demonstrates how new technologies affect people's behaviors: they prevent people from relating with others and talking to others face-to-face, thus depressing them and damaging inter-personal relationships. Admittedly, new technologies have brought convenience and fun to our daily life, but comparing to its hazards of frustrating ouremotions and making us less satisfied, those advantages are still too weak. I hereby reinforce my perspective that people now are less satisfied and less happy than they were in the past.