It has long been a controversy among people that of the two ages of today and past in which one people were more happier. However, the happiness is a mystery wrapped in an enigma, as far as I am concerned, answering to this question is imperative as it deals with the satisfaction of one`s life. Just as the english proverb goes '' a coin has two sides '' those who take the opposite view are partially reasonable.
Notwithstanding with all snags in the past, people were happier than now in many aspects of their life. The first plain reason for my propensity is that people did not have a lot of stresses about their jobs in the past. A prime example from my own experience may shed some light to this point; I remember when I was a kid, my father was never worried about the possibility of firing from his job, as he worked for himself not in an office. Nowadays, modern people are very insecure about the stability of their jobs, and this modern kinds of stresses are added to the old stresses which reduce the happiness in the present day.
The second reason that I should mention is that the relationships were so closer in the past compared to the present day. According to a research which was conducted by one of the most reputable universities in my country, people were more satisfied with their level of relationships compared to today. Not only the quality of relationships has decreased, but also the quantity of relationships has decreased too. Last but not the least, Peoples had less information about the better conditions of other regions of earth. By this, I mean people just live their own life in a closed area which there were no considerably interacting with other developed countries. Some critics say that western culture encourages people to get more money in order to have a better life which will increase the sadness in the non-developed countries such as China and India.
To conclude, considering the above reasons, people are much more happier than before as they had more job stability, relationships and more importantly had less affected by materialistics ideas. 
It has long been a controversy among  
people
 that of the two ages of  
today
 and  
past
 in which one  
people
 were  
more happier
.  
However
, the happiness is a mystery wrapped in an enigma, as far as I  
am concerned
, answering to this question is imperative as it deals with the satisfaction of  
one`s
  life
.  
Just
 as the  
english
 proverb goes '' a coin has two sides '' those who take the opposite view are  
partially
 reasonable.
Notwithstanding with all snags in the  
past
,  
people
 were happier than  
now
 in  
many
 aspects of their  
life
. The  
first
 plain reason for my propensity is that  
people
 did not have  
a lot of
  stresses
 about their  
jobs
 in the  
past
. A prime example from my  
own
 experience may shed  
some
 light to this point; I remember when I was a kid, my father was never worried about the possibility of firing from his  
job
, as he worked for himself not in an office. Nowadays, modern  
people
 are  
very
 insecure about the stability of their  
jobs
, and this modern kinds of  
stresses
 are  
added
 to the  
old
  stresses
 which  
reduce
 the happiness in the present day.
The second reason that I should mention is that the  
relationships
 were  
so
 closer in the  
past
 compared to the present day. According to a research which  
was conducted
 by one of the most reputable universities in my country,  
people
 were more satisfied with their level of  
relationships
 compared to  
today
. Not  
only
 the quality of  
relationships
 has decreased,  
but
  also
 the quantity of  
relationships
 has decreased too. Last  
but
 not the least,  
Peoples
 had less information about the better conditions of other regions of earth. By this, I mean  
people
  just
  live
 their  
own
  life
 in a closed area which there were no  
considerably
 interacting with other  
developed countries
.  
Some
 critics say that western culture encourages  
people
 to  
get
 more money in order to have a better  
life
 which will increase the sadness in the non- 
developed countries
 such as China and India. 
To conclude
, considering the above reasons,  
people
 are much  
more happier
 than  
before
 as they had more  
job
 stability,  
relationships
 and more  
importantly
 had less  
affected
 by  
materialistics
  ideas
.