Thoreau, a writer and philosopher, encourages his ideology of a simplistic lifestyle in his book Walden, he believes that simplicity allows a person to enjoy the wonders in life. Thoreau suggests that people are making things more complex, instead everyone should be fine with the four necessities of life which are clothing, food, shelter, and fuel(11). He continuously uses the word “ simplify, simplify, simplify ” bringing emphasis to his viewpoint in which life is better lived without the worries of the materialistic things(81). His ideals should be accepted in today's society due to the fact that people are never satisified , striving for more and better  

              Society is rapidly advancing with new technologies used to make everyone’s lives simpler, however they are controlling the lives of the people. For example, phones were first made to expand communication, however  they’re now equipped with more tools making it more dependable.  Thoreau addresses this in chapter three when he states, “ we do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us,” in other words he is saying that people are creating new technologies making us  slaves to these inventions(82). The availability of them are making people more sustainable to buying more products unaware that they’re fine without them.                           

               Thoreau’s ideas may be unrealistic to an extent. Currently, society is advancing and as people we must learn to adapt or we’ll have a difficult time living. It can be agreed that it is impossible to escape from technologies, as Thoreau had done, however it does not specifically mean we can’t stop ourselves from getting more. Is it really necessary to upgrade your phone every few months?  No it is not so why is it that we keep doing so? People must understand that less is more and we should all stop over- complicating everything.