Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.

People who complain about progress and change expose themselves to criticism. yet there is always a subtle danger in life's improvements and refinements, a drawback or disadvantage that occurs along with the benefits of progress. it sometimes seems that we devote half of our time to making what we call "improvements"—in our lives, our work, our relationships—but so often the original conditions had some quality that is lost in the process of change.
Adapted from E.B. white, "progress and change"

Does improvement or progress usually involve a significant drawback or problem of some kind?
Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.