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Life now is better than it was 100 years ago. To what extend do you agree?

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Many
people
 advocate that present life circumstances are better than they used to be a century ago
which
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 I wholeheartedly agree with
this
 phenomenon. Thanks to improved technology, hospitals offer better health care for society and faster transportation systems have made
travels
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 shorter than before.
In addition
, the invention of the Internet suggests
people
to
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learn everything without spending long hours in libraries and keep in touch without
waiting
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 arrival of letters for months. In our contemporary era, thanks to technological developments, many medical
equipments
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types of equipment
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 are invented
such
 as hemogram devices which count
people
’s blood cells in seconds.
However
, in the past, doctors used to count blood tests manually by spending days and patients had to suffer until
then
 to get
a
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treatment.
On the contrary
, nowadays most
of
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the
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patients can be diagnosed and treated in hours thanks to better medical attention in present circumstances.
Furthermore
, comparing the
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lengths
length
lenghts
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lengths
 of
travels
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, it decreased significantly with the help of new transportation systems
such
 as faster trains and planes.
In other words
, if individuals desire to visit another country, they do not have to waste months
so as
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to arrive in another country due to airways.
On the other hand
, there is no doubt that after the invention of the Internet life conditions are more advantageous than ever. For
an
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illustration, members of society can learn any information online via computers without searching
on
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 books which
were
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 not adequate to learn for varied information for days in public libraries.
Furthermore
, 100 years ago,
people
 had to post letters in order to communicate with their loved ones even if one letter took numerous weeks to be read by
receiver
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 since there was no alternative method. But with the Internet,
people
 can keep in touch by sending e-mails and text messages via smartphones which is more advantageous than
previous
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 way. To conclude, it is obvious for me to understand why
people
 think the century they live in has greater conditions than 100 years ago. The fact that present circumstances are better, faster and easier
comparing
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 to the past makes
this
 phenomenon undeniable
for
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 me.
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