According to a research conducted Korean times, Korean people could live up to average 80 years old, compared to 55 years old in 1950. This definitely shows people could live longer lives. In my opinion, medical technologies and having enough free time contributed to the phenomenon.
Drastic development of medical technologies enabled people to have longer life-spans. In the past, most of people had to pass away due to light diseases. They even did not have proper medical cares for cold so they depended on a home remedy. In fact, it was not based on a reliable method, leading people to be in jeopardy. In contrast, many people today could get benefits of improvement of medical technologies. Medicines for light illness are always in hand. Even though people are in life-threatening conditions, they have chances to survive thanks to development of medical appliances and increased capacity of doctors. Needless to say, they could easily have access to hospitals or doctors for appropriate medical cares. Hence, I believe overall factors allowed people to live longer lives.
In addition, people could devote more time for their own lives. In other words, they could thoroughly enjoy their lives. Although they might have a limitation, when comparing to past time, it is nothing. If they want to participate in a variety of activities such as soccer team, they have enough money and time to do it. If they want to have a trip, they could freely go to foreign countries and experience exotic cultures. Also, they could enjoy a wide range of hobbies starting from sports to dance, music or cooking. Those not only lead people to relieve their stress, but those also lead them to have happiness. They always anticipate for adventurous and new events in their lives. The factors obviously allowed people to have longer life-spans.
In conclusion, people could live longer lives thank to development of medical technologies and grated time for them to enjoy their lives. Since more time is given to people, it will be great if people take part in valuable activities such as volunteer works. |