Putting money aside, in terms of quality of life, we are definitely well ahead. Remember, you had to spend a day in a public library, to answer a question, that

Putting money aside, in terms of quality of life, we are definitely well ahead. Remember, you had to spend a day in a public library, to answer a question, that you can now lookup in seconds. (Intentionally not using a verb derived from a name of a certain advertisement company).