People living in the 21st century have better quality of life than the previous centuries. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In recent years, there has been a growing debate about whether people living in the 21st

century

have higher standards of living compared to those in the previous centuries.

While

it is undeniable that the advancements in technology and

healthcare

have improved our quality of

life

, there are still certain aspects of the past centuries which made them a better place to live. On the one hand, developments in fields

such

as technology and

healthcare

have contributed to an increase in living standards, making our lives easier and prolonging our

life

expectancy.

While

technological advances have allowed

a

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to delegate many

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tasks to machinery and robots and

then

enjoy

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amount of leisure time, improvements in the

healthcare

sector have made possible the detection and early treatment of many serious ailments. Consider the case of polio, a formerly incurable disease which claimed

lives

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of millions of people during the 20th

century

. Fortunately, thanks to the creation of effective vaccines, it has been totally eradicated by the 21st

century

, putting an end to its death row.

On the other hand

, there are certain factors which suggest that previous centuries may have had a better quality of

life

. In the past,

for example

, people would live in close-knit communities, allowing them to experience a sense of belonging.

Therefore

, they might have suffered less from isolation and loneliness, which have become commonplace nowadays.

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times, individuals could only rely on face-to-face communication, and

thus

they had more reasons to socialize. In fact, lack of socialization is proven to be the leading cause of various mental disorders, including depression. In conclusion, I am convinced that every period of human history has had something to offer, and we cannot generalize

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to say that one

century

provided humans with a better quality of

life

than others.

Although

the 21st

century

has seen advancements in technology and

healthcare

, it

also

has observed a

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weakening

weakling

of bonds between the members of the same community.