As of today, the world has changed quite significantly since fifty years ago. There has been much advancement that was created and has greatly improved our lives. Fifty years ago, it was the year 1963 and there was not as many of the great things that were invented today. Many people struggled with certain things which today have now been known to become easier for us to accomplish. Inventions have tremendously grown in the medical field leading to new technological equipment and as well as important environmental research that we have learned over the last fifty years. With the growth of these certain measures, the world has changed for the better. What we have known throughout the medical field fifty years ago has changed in so many different ways. Many people have died from little to serious injuries only because we did not have the proper equipment to use. Doctors did not have the knowledge or treatments to save a patient’s life. Treatments today such as chemo therapy have been used effectively around the world. Breast cancer, which would surely have killed in 1962, has now become treatable. With the newer medical equipment today, doctors can now perform more effective surgeries. Complications were known to have happened in surgeries back fifty years ago. Serious medical emergencies such as someone having a heart attack did not have a high percentage of survival only because doctors could not perform any procedures to save the patient’s life. Today, medical equipment has changed by how we use them and medical professionals can now perform difficult surgeries that could have not been done fifty years ago. Doctors years ago did not possess the same advanced equipment we have today and therefore these modern surgeries could not be done in 1963. The knowledge of medical professionals has grown remarkably from fifty years ago. Much knowledge over the years has been used to research new medicine and develop improvements for older medicine to use in hospitals today. Depending on the type of illness, certain medications that we use now will help by keeping a patient alive and provides them with a better chance of surviving a surgery. Many chances and risks were made for advancement in the medical field and the outcome was that more people have been treated and survived illnesses. The growth of knowledge has been used for the betterment of equipment, medication, and cutting-edge surgeries that certainly could have not been accomplished fifty years ago today. Technology has changed abundantly and has affected many of us. We can now use technology for better purposes. Computers are now used everywhere a person goes and by the push of a button you can literally search and learn anything you like. Everything today is done electronically and makes it easier and faster for those in the work force to get small to large tasks done. After the invention of the computer, the internet was created and since then has changed the world forever. With the use of the internet, it helps us stay connected with one another whether that person is next door or is far away as another country. A person is also able to know what is happening within their state or other countries by using the internet to look up the world news. Before this technology, a person would miss the latest news if they were not around to hear it. Today we are able to stay connected with our loved ones by using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, or by using Skype. This idea of using a computer and having internet on it with being able to talk to loved ones was not able to happen fifty years ago. Phones today did not have the same capabilities of a regular phone back in 1963.In order to even make a phone call, you had to do it from your house, payphone, or from a business phone. Portable cellular phones were invented and communicating with someone can be done at any location you are at. The portable cellular phones today are also able to send pictures and messages from one place to another.
Televisions back in 1963 were very small and also expensive to have in a family household. In stores today, televisions come in all different kinds of sizes and are being sold for reasonable prices. Televisions back then also only came in black and white with small screens and very limited channels. Not a lot of family fifty years ago even had a television while now most family will have at least one television in their home if not more. Televisions today have colored pictures, high quality sound, and can give the viewer an enjoyable experience. Families in 1963 had to us much effort in preparing home cooked meals. They used ovens and stoves to cook their meals. The only way to cook left over food was to warm it up in the oven which takes a lot longer than warming up food today. Today, not nearly as much effort needs to be put into cooking, clean up, and reheating meals. When microwaves were invented, they made everything much more convenient. A lot of time would be spent in the kitchen cooking a meal by using the oven while today premade meal can be purchased and cooked in the microwave. Today I can simply reheat my meal that I have made the night before and enjoy the food once again. Since 1963, technology has brought us a long way with all the inventions and advancements. The world we live in today has become a better place because of these new technologies. Environmental awareness has become very important to us and even more so since fifty years ago. The planet was very much mistreated and people did not care much of it. In the rivers, toxic waste is being dumped and has a huge effect on the environment. Since this has happened, species are suffering from it and is only because of the lack of awareness. Today, we are now aware of the effects that are happening upon our planet. Many people in all countries are taking the action of stopping the pollution that is ruining our planet. The idea of awareness has gone as far as car manufacturers creating vehicles with less burning of fossil fuel. In many ways this also helps us by saving money. Not only cars have become more energy efficient, but many other things in everyday life have also gone in the same direction. Energy is also being conserved by shutting electrical items when they are not in use. Solar panels are also known to have helped with saving energy and helping the environment.
Recycling for many of us has been very effective. By recycling items that we have used in our homes they are now materials that are being used over and over again and not thrown away. With this exercise happening, dumps and landfills are not overflowing. National forests are known to protect the natural being of the forest and have made a difference in their community. Laws that prohibit lumber companies from demolishing forests have saved many species from being willed off. All of these measures have been put into action to protect the Earth and gives us a brighter future as well. The advancements in the medical field, technological equipment, and environmental awareness has made the world today better than how it was fifty years ago. With these changes, people are accepting it and continue to move forward for the better. The growth of medicine has made a huge difference and many people are choosing to stay healthier and because of that some live longer. Luxuries were not in places for families fifty years ago. The great improvements in technology now have made our lives today unimaginable. Our environment is respect more along with being aware of the effects we have caused and are protecting the wild life. If we continue to do better with the progression of our advancements, the world in the future will be even better than how it is now.