Progress is a very important aspect of human development.There are several reasons to believe that progress is always good. The benefits in medicine, transport and the technology advances applied to manufacturing process are convincing evidence, progress has made possible to live better.A strong argument to oppose to progress is pollution which is a big problem nowadays but I think that this is more a result of the senseless of humanity about caring environment than a direct consequence of progress.Our lives and society have changed due to progress and it will never be the same.
To start with, progress seems to have made life simplier and more comfortable. Due to technological progress, a lot of modern machines have been invented, such as airplanes, automobiles, mobile phones, computers with Internet access and so on. Undoubtedly, these advanced tools are very useful for us. For example, with the invention of the Internet, people nowadays can communicate with each other almost instantly anywhere in the world. Another example is the airplane. In the past, there were no airplanes and journeys between countries would take months by ship. Today, we can reach any destination within hours!
In addition, another benefit from progress is that prosperity and the standard of living has been increased. These days, because of progress in industrialization, we have bigger factories, more products as well as more money. It means that we can buy more things than we could before.
Finally, due to progress on medicine there have been developed vaccines to mortal diseases like smallpox, measles and others. These same diseases have taken thousands of lives in the past and also have left people with disabilities or malformations that decreased their quality of life. In contrast, malformations can now be recognized even during first months of pregnancy and medical technology has allowed to people with disabilities to access to comfortable and even intelligent implants in order to improve their quality of life.So, progress in medical science has made life healthier and happier.
To sum up, for the reasons above, I totally agree with the idea that progress is always good. It has significantly improved human lives and brought many benefits.