Is the world becoming a better place?(This essay is collected from a book, not written by me myself)

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Is the world becoming a better place?

(This essay is collected from a book, not written by me myself)

The last hundred years have seen rapid and dramatic developments in many areas, including medicine, transport, manufacturing and communications. Over that period our lives have changed in ways that our parents and grandparents could only have dreamed of, but the question we should ask is whether the world is a better place to live in as a result.

There have clearly been many benefits. Advances in medical science have brought cures for once fatal diseases and this has significantly extended to lifespan we can expect. Information technology has allowed us to contact friends or colleagues worl...

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