Life is becoming longer and longer
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Nowadays, thanks to the improvement of technology, medicine and science in general, people are living not only longer and longer, but also healthier and stronger.
Overall, this progress is generating great benefits for our society as a whole, even though there are some drawbacks that need to be dealt with.
Firstly, I would like to highlight the positive changes that this improvement has carried. The population is becoming healthier, with seniors able to live a decent life almost until the end of their days. Moreover, doctors have found ways to alleviate the pain, so that, even though certain illnesses cannot be cured, they can be much more bearable. Attention to the dignity of human being is becoming a leitmotiv of our society and it is only through medicine that our life is so different from those of the animals.
Nevertheless, there are some cost to this new wealth, as, for instance, since people are becoming older and older, governments have to spend more not only for pensions, but also for medical care and facilities for the elderly. In western societies, this has been followed by a decrease of natality and, since less citizens are now able to work and generate wealth, this can represent a possible threat for the government finances. Moreover, some people outline that the older the society, the riskier for the environment, since more inhabitants could not be tolerated by the Earth, which may not be able to give us enough resources to survive. However, this argument does non seem consistent to me: as a book called “Factfulness” underlined, when a society becomes richer (and thus older), less people have babies, so the number of people of that State tends to decrease. This is also the reason why in poor countries, such as Africa, more and more people are born everyday, much more that those who dies, even though the life expectancy there is minor than that of the European Countries.
To conclude, I believe that the benefits of this progress and innovation surely outweigh the cons, but a careful planning by the government is necessary to assure a sustainable growth. 
Nowadays, thanks to the improvement of technology, medicine and science  
in general
,  
people
 are living not  
only
 longer and longer,  
but
  also
 healthier and stronger. 
Overall
, this progress is generating great benefits for our  
society
 as a whole,  
even though
 there are  
some
 drawbacks that need to  
be dealt
 with. 
Firstly
, I would like to highlight the  
positive
  changes
 that this improvement has carried. The population is becoming healthier, with seniors able to  
live
 a decent life almost until the  
end
 of their days.  
Moreover
, doctors have found ways to alleviate the pain,  
so
 that,  
even though
 certain illnesses cannot  
be cured
, they can be much more bearable. Attention to the dignity of human being is becoming a leitmotiv of our  
society
 and it is  
only
 through medicine that our life is  
so
  different
 from those of the animals. 
Nevertheless
, there are  
some
 cost to this new wealth, as,  
for instance
, since  
people
 are becoming  
older
 and  
older
,  
governments
  have to
 spend more not  
only
 for pensions,  
but
  also
 for medical care and facilities for the elderly. In western  
societies
, this has  
been followed
 by a decrease of  
natality
 and, since  
less
 citizens are  
now
 able to work and generate wealth, this can represent a possible threat for the  
government
 finances.  
Moreover
,  
some
  people
 outline that the  
older
 the  
society
, the riskier for the environment, since more inhabitants could not  
be tolerated
 by the Earth, which may not be able to give us  
enough
 resources to survive.  
However
, this argument does non seem consistent to me: as a book called “ 
Factfulness
” underlined, when a  
society
 becomes richer (and  
thus
  older)
,  
less
  people
 have babies,  
so
 the number of  
people
 of that State tends to decrease. This is  
also
 the reason why in poor countries, such as Africa, more and more  
people
  are born
  everyday
, much more that those who  
dies
,  
even though
 the life expectancy there is minor than that of the European Countries. 
To conclude
, I believe that the benefits of this progress and innovation  
surely
 outweigh the cons,  
but
 a careful planning by the  
government
 is necessary to assure a sustainable growth.