World has been changing everyday. Do you prefer to live today or in the past?

I would like to live in the good old past. It can be the simple village life with an easy flow of life...idyllic, peaceful and happy with the simple things. Even in the city, the life of our grandparents were so much easier than what we have today. A fixed job timing, the evenings for the family, the weekend completely rested, friends dropping by to chat and a simple dinner maybe...no going out to fancy restaurants, no over-time to retain that job, no wives working outside and then coming home to neglected kids...Oh I wish I could go back to those days.

I would rather live in the past. I liked the way they lived back then. The world today is just a big mess and kids are turning worse then what they were back then. I liked the way they dressed back then to. The old dresses and puffed sleeves i though were beautiful. Look at what a lot of people wear today. yikes.

i am a history fanatic and am so interested in the early 20th century and would love to live back then. life was hard, but so much more simpler than it is now. life is just too busy these days.

Hello faisai, well there are many views on this with some philosophers saying that those who ignore the past are destined to repeat it. I think it was the German philosopher Hegel who said that the only thing we learn from the past is that we learn nothing from the past. Recent world events have proved exactly that. I love history and I read a lot on the history of stock markets, so in my view the Madoff Ponsi scheme and the banking crisis are nothing new. So to keep the answer short I prefer to live in the present, but to look back at the past to see in whioh direction I am going. Have a nice weekend. Umart

Yes, I agree with your parents, that the life they lived before was simpler. My parents talk also about tough times too and not just about how carefree they were. I don't like to linger on the past. We are living today and there's not much we can do, except try to make this world a better place (wow, yes that is a bit too idealistic). However, I am curious to know how other people in other times live and not just my parents, even centuries ago. So I would go for time traveling that way I can go back and come to my time again!!

I would rather live in the past. Life was alot simpler than. Kids play together the simple games and got exercise by playing outside. Now with all the technology kids do spend to much time on the computer and playing games on TV.

i like the simplicity of 50 years ago but like the tech strides we have now. i was so amazed when atm's came out what a wonderful idea, put in a card take out cash, simple but amazing. and phones i dont even think about whats happening with them. we didnt even have color tv back then, but no one really watched the tube everyone was "outside " playing. not sitting staring at the tube or bent over a pc playing games all day . i have a few friend who have kids 16 or so and never go out they sit playing games with a phone glued to their ear and when it's time to go out in the real world i feel sorry for them, either that or they live with mom way past when they should be on their own.

I always preferred to live in the past. I try to live in the past though I am living in the present!

I have terrible allergies so I wouldn't want to live in a time that didn't have good allergy medicine. I swear I have no idea how people with bad allergies survived before allergy medicing. It also gets pretty hot in the summer where I live so I wouldn't want to live in a time without air conditioning. There is also so much good food these days that I wouldn't want to live in a time or place with blah food. And of course I'm addicted to tv and computers so I wouldn't want to live in a time without good entertainment options. So I'm definitely someone that wants to live in modern times for sure.

There are some convienences today that make life so much easeri than just when I was a kid. The microwave for instance. When I am warming up leftovers, I often think to myself that if I had to reheat everything on the stove, I'd probably be eating alot of cold leftovers, or alot less leftovers. Or, let's think about laundry. Hand washing/scrubbing, followed by line drying everything. Nope, I like my washer and dryer. Or let's go for something simple like the tv remote. I made my young nieces laugh when I told them just how recent of an invention this was. They said, You mean your family had to get up and change the channels?" I told them, "No, my parents did have a remote control to change the channels....ME!" But there are things that I wish could revert back to those times. Less crime, lower cost of living, knowing my neighbors...these are the things that I miss.

I lived when your parents lived and just sometimes wish it was still like that. Life as gotten so complicated and hard at times even with all the new inventions. You hardly ever see kids playing outside like I did, playing cowboys and indians, hide and seek, jump rope, hop scotch. Kids today are either in front of the tv playing games or on the computer. Bring me back to the 1950's & 60's anytime.

hi faisai! if i have given a choice i will never take a second to think about it that what i have to choose,exactly my first and only choice is to live in past.how beautifull life was it.every one has time for others.they share thier happies and sorrows with others.but now as you see we have spend more time on internet,and the rest of time spent in watching television or movies.we have a very busr life now.i think the day is not far when we indulge in our work as more as even forget our home persons,brothers sisters ans parents also. my first and only choice,to live in past.

Not an easy one to answer Past appeals because then we could change our mistakes or go back to a time when we remember being happier, easier to look back now and see where we went wrong Present difficult at times when experiencing pain, sorrow, ill health, or feeling we haven't got to where we expected to be Future appeals as it would be better than now we will have learned more and should be better equipped to deal with things On the whole I think that I will stick with the present, looking back in hindsight is easy, I wouldn't be where I am and who I am if I hadn't travelled my own personal journey so far. It's made me the person I am today, warts and all. Who knows what the future holds or destiny has in store for us.

hmmm, i don't know. sometimes i feel that i wanna live in the past where the air is so fresh and not poluted, where i can go to the beach and spend my day there playing. Its hard to find a place with nice air and beautiful beach nowadays. U have to spend a fortune to enjoy it.

Interesting question. I think i rather live in the present because i have all my computer and video games and the technology is more advanced. Some good things in the past is that it is more fun. People is lazy now days.

Hm...this is a good question, yet not so easy to answer,haha. It's true that today's technology has greatly advanced compared to the past. Human living has been improved, convenient and more comfortable now with the invention and improvement of transportation, facilities, equipment and others. However, the cost of living has increased greatly too. Besides, the environment nowadays are much more damaged compared to the past. More and more diseases arises and the natural disasters also start coming. If i were given a choice, i think i'll prefer to live in the past. I'll prefer a more simple life, although i'll be living without all the technologies and the comforts, but at least we'll be surely easily contented and live happily too.

i will prefer to live today, even though the world has turned to a survival of the fittest , despite the crime rate and evil things happening today, i will still prefer to live in the present times because the old times look like the stone age to me with no computer and almost nothiung that can add spice to living

Hello faisai, I like the idea of living in the past, where we don't need to spend money for buying those fancy gadgets (like cellphone, computer , etc ) because they don't exist yet. And people in the past, they are still fine without those things. On the other hand, Those technology that evolve today already saving thousands of life. In conclusion, i don't care when i have to live, i just want to live happy and sufficient enough in my daily life, which is what am i living right now. so Now is always be my choice. thanks for posting this.

I would have loved to be a teenager in the 70's ... Free love seems a good way to go!

Today is the best time. You can still run across the hills and play hide-and-seek if you want to, PSP isn't mandatory.