Thoreau questioned if technological advancement was really progress. He saw many of these improvements as things that were unfulfilling and even restricting to man. The picture shows the contrast between what Thoreau saw as progress and what the rest of society saw as progress. “Most of the luxuries, and many of the so called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind (16)."
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