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In the modern digital world , electronic products are widely used in daily lives such as Smart phones , computers , etc .
In work places , electronic devices such as computers are also inevitable to use to increase the productivity of corporations .
The convenience and high efficiency of using electronic products is being noticed by people worldwide .
Some people started to think that electronic products can be further operated to more advanced utilization and replace human beings for better performances .
Surveillance technology such as RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) is one type of example that has currently been implemented .
In this essay , I will discuss whether surveillance technology such as RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) should be used or not to track people .
Personally , I agree to a large extent that surveillance technology such as RFID should be used to track people .
Surveillance technology such as RFID can be operated twenty-four hours with the absence of operators to track done every detail about human activities .
For instance , in militaries which are of high importance , surveillance technology is essential as it is a way to provide undeniable evidence if anything is wrong .
In supermarkets where it is difficult to catch stealers , surveillance technology which makes records that can be replayed or detect stealers on the spot is superior to use .
The high accuracy in utilizing surveillance technology eliminates the amount of disagreements among people .
If people are aware of the existence of surveillance , the chance for them to follow rules and orders is high .
It is useful as it reduces the chances of wrong actions that may occur .
Therefore , surveillance technology makes our society more ordered .
Risks can be analyzed if there is a record of what has happened in the past .
In the late nineteenth century , there was a severe air crash happening at Miami International Airport .
The air cargo of the Valujet plane was on fire after the plane had taken off .
Sooner or later , the electric systems were short circuited as a result that the airplane was out of control and nose diving to the ground at extremely high speed .
All passengers and pilots died .
After finding and analyzing the black box of the Valujet after the incident , police investigators found out reasons for causing this severe incident .
Surveillance technology can be used to detect very risky events and prevent them from happening in the future , so as to save more lives .
In addition , if surveillance technology is even better developed , it can be used to detect the problem before the real accident happens .
However , the dark side of using surveillance technology is that it results in the invasion of privacy .
People under supervision are under high pressure to perform naturally .
People are less likely to enjoy life under surveillance .
Therefore , surveillance technology provides convenience to society but it makes more inconvenience to individuals .
Therefore , surveillance technology can be used but the use of surveillance should be modified in such a way that individuals are less affected in normal life .
In general , surveillance technology benefits society and should be applied with the consideration of individuals ' lives .
Therefore , surveillance technology should not be used to track people .
In this fast moving society , technology is always improving to catch up with the fast pace of this world and most surveillance technology is used by the police or other army use to track people down .
Although surveillance technology is an issue in invading human privacy , it has also brought us lots of benefits and security .
There are two points supporting this argument .
Firstly , security systems are improved in many areas such as school campus or at the workplace .
Secondly , it makes it possible for parents to track their children and also their elderly parents .
Therefore , this technology should be used to track people .
Much of this surveillance is being implemented in the government sectors and military areas to enhance their security .
It can also be found in schools and workplaces .
It is useful for the government and the people in the law sector .
They can maintain social control and recognize threats .
Video surveillance gives people a sense of security should anything happen .
In addition , it can provide all day surveillance around the school or office with little manpower needed .
For example , intruders can be detected if there are any in schools or offices .
This can protect the students from being in a dangerous situation , particularly for the small children who are studying in nursery .
In addition , it can also prevent theft .
This technology can also be a helpful tool to assist the law enforcers such as the police to collect evidence of crime after it occurs .
This can increase the efficiency of solving crimes and thus decrease the amount of criminal acts or people .
With the help of video surveillance , the chances of people performing crimes can be decreased .
However , video surveillance may be a help to most sectors , as it can also be misused by many people .
Some may use it to peek or record something illegal .
For example , it could be installed in personal lockers to record others ' moves and actions .
This technology could also be seen as an invasion of human privacy .
Surveillance technology could cause everyone to feel paranoid and as if our actions are being watched .
This could lead to psychological implications , thus causing many tremendous social effects that may be harmful to our society .
If everyone is being watched unknowingly , it seems that our freedom to do things is being invaded .
Technology can be a very useful tool if used in the correct manner .
It may be a help to prevent potential crimes from happening but it may also help people commit crimes .
The knowledge of installing surveillance should be taught to everyone so that crime can be eliminated instead of increasing it .
The more people use it over us , the more power they will have on us .
We should respect that everyone has human rights and without others ' permission , this should not be placed or implanted into anyone .
We do not want to be sued infringing on others ' privacy . Therefore , before implanting any RFID , we should ask for others ' consent .
Surveillance technology is getting more and more widely used with the development of modern technology in terms of various scientific breakthroughs .
And after all this scientific research result is applied to daily life , products such as the RFID tracking system have become real .
RFID is not only used to track products for logistical and storage purposes , it is also used to track people by doing human implants .
It is unacceptable for some people in the society , however , I think this application is necessary and provides the society a lot of benefit .
Surveillance technology such as RFID has been used to track people may help to reduce the number of people who get lost .
For example , there is always news in newspapers , reports that some elderly get lost at certain places and their families are looking for him or her .
The family members must be worried a lot about the lost elderly , and with the help of the police office , maybe they can find the elderly back , but it will take a long time , and a lot of energy to find someone in a country that has a population of about five million without knowing the exact location of that person .
However , if the elderly have been implanted with RFID devices , then it will be much easier for the family to find him or her with the special serial number issued to each device .
They can track the location of the device with the information provided by the RFID signals and therefore find the location of the lost elderly in a shorter period of time .
Surveillance technology such as RFID is not only useful to track lost people but it is also useful to prevent the trading of children which happens in many developing countries .
It may be known that young children may be stolen by some agency that do the business to trade the children .
For example , they may wait in the public area and wait for parents to bring their children out but did n't pay attention to the child , so that this kind of agency may bring the child to mountain area and sell him or her at a good price .
Since this happens more often in the country which is much larger than Singapore , it is even harder for the parents to find the child back without knowing where the child has been brought to .
Since this may happen across province , and without any clue about the path that the child may go through .
However , if the child has been installed with a tracking device , more information will be provided along the way when the family is trying to find him or her back .
Not only will the details of the location be provided , but it may also lead to finding out the root of this kind of child trading agency and it helps to prevent more this kind of tragedy from happening to any family .
Surveillance technology will help to prevent the family from losing their members , especially the elderly and the children , who need to be pay more attention to .
As technology increasingly advances , many things that are regarded as impossible are turning into the 'possibles' .
From the internet , email to the most powerful surveillance technology , every step is advanced to not only the society but also the world 's achievements .
People 's lives have become increasingly convenient to almost luxury , thanks to the implementation of increasingly technology available for the Man 's life .
However , such rapid advancement technology can be extremely useful in our daily lives ; it can also cause invisible or massive threats to our peaceful life that can be out of our imaginations and estimations .
Today , the surveillance technology has become almost manifest to wherever we go .
Take Singapore for example , these are installed from highly secured places such as government sectors to work places , from condominiums to housing development board houses , and even from school canteens to toilets !
Even our applications in our iPhones or other smartphones , our I-pad can easily reveal our locations .
Every move of us is being closely surveilled and followed once we stepped out of our homes .
Now , surveillance technology such as RFID is even invented to track people .
I agree to a great extent that RFID technology should not be easily available for the public and should be taken for granted .
On the other hand , I will also discuss whether RFID should be utilized for good purposes .
I agree that RFID technology should not be made available to the public for easy abuse and distorted usage .
First , our privacy is at threat .
Though tracking devices such as the applications in our smartphones these days can add fun and entertainment to our fast-living paced life , this can be a double-edged sword .
We revealed our locations , for our friends to catch up with us , however we can never know who is watching us out secretly .
Hackers become increasingly vicious , invading into our computer system , and now with the RFID tracking device , this may fall into inappropriate hands for the wrong reasons .
Every move of us is easily tracked .
This is very hazardous .
No matter how good and how many security systems are there for us , hackers are also increasingly improving their skills in terms of hacking and breaking the code of the security system .
On the other hand , I think RFID can be useful when it comes to appropriate handling and usage .
For example , this can be a very beneficial and useful device for police force to track crime suspects and terrorists for their movements , or contributing to more leads to solving a case .
In addition , if appropriately used , this device can contribute to our scientific findings and research .
In this , I mean that we can input this device implant into an animal or bird species , for us to track their movements and actions relating to our human research that can bring us to a new regime .
RFID is indeed a great invention .
It can benefit our mankind if appropriately used .
However , I think such powerful devices should not be made easily available for the public or fall into the hands of 'ill-intentioned ' individuals .
This will lead to more crimes and bring threats to our privacy .
RFID is used in many forms , for example , transportation , homes and even offices .
Over the years , it has helped humans to improve accessibility in the forms of cards to gain access to certain places .
Other than using it in these areas , it has also been used as a human implant or as a form of product .
These implants and products have also been used as surveillance tools .
For use as a surveillance tool , it could also be used in terms of surveys and statistics .
There are also medical tools that are more of an implant in the human body for basic medical research .
Moreover , the use of RFID chip in tracking clothes was also very common sight in the service industry for the huge number of clothing to be identified and tracked at any one point .
When RFID has been used in the transportation needs in the form of E, Link cards , the ability to gain faster and easier access to the transportation needs has been seen over the years .
This can also be used as a tracking device where the places a person visited for the past few trips were all recorded by the system and the cards .
This form of tracking is not harmful and disturbing to society as it could be used to fight crimes to maintain law and order .
As this information is well kept by the operators , they encrypt the data and use it in the proper form .
This also prevents the chances of normal hackers from getting this information that is recorded for proper usage .
Moreover , the use of RFID for medical research has also been widely used in many countries .
These chips were also implanted under the human skin , which helps to store the basic information of the person in it .
This form of tool does not harm but it helps in the ability to identify any person who is not carrying any identification when it comes to an emergency .
This important information may be needed to save the person 's life where their medical history was all recorded in the chip .
Additionally , the service industry was also using it to track its clothes that were been used by their employees .
This is a scene seen in Resort World Sentosa .
The clothes were all implanted with an RFID tracking chip for easy identification and recording of the whereabouts the clothes are at .
As their clothes were mass collected and washed by an external company , the ability to have a tracking system to know the whereabouts of their clothing helps in terms of the logistical hassle .
Therefore , the usages of RFID chips are more useful to help humans with the basic needs or tasks that are required .
This form of tracking was also not harmful to any person where much of this information was all used to help a person then disrupt the lives of the human race .
Therefore , I agree that the use of the RFID technology in tracking any person or product that would help the human race which has also been mentioned above .
I think that surveillance technology such as RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) can be used to track people .
Nowadays , with the rapid development of science and technology , the emerging technologies always contribute to human beings better living conditions .
For example , the Internet has abridged the distance among people globally .
Although we have to admit some bad effects which have been brought up by the new technology , still the advantages of the new technologies can not be simply discarded .
Back to the surveillance technology , people may say it leaks their privacy or personal life .
Compared to this disadvantage , we should think about what the advantages it has made available to human beings .
It can provide a safe , convenient , identifiable environment .
Tracking people using surveillance technology can improve the security of people 's lives .
For the old people , if they are alone at home , one day , they want to go out for a walk .
In case they have an accident like a heart attack , the track of them will show there is something wrong .
The people can get there as soon as possible to save them .
For the young people , parents do not need to worry about where my kids will go after school .
By investigating the track by using surveillance technology , they can easily figure out where their kids are now and know roughly what they are doing .
On the other hand , due to the track of people , the police can better know a person 's daily schedule .
It gives the police a better control of the criminal .
All these contributions by using the surveillance technology to track make the environment safer .
Tracking people using surveillance technology can make people 's lives more convenient and identifiable .
Nowadays , people need to carry a lot of ID cards around to show that I am the one the same as the one on the ID cards .
If we have these technologies , it will automatically confirm people 's indemnification and save the effort to carry a lot of cards .
Once people have their own identity confirmed , they will not even need to bring any money along with them .
To purchase goods , they just need to deduce money from their identity and make a transition of money to the one who is selling the goods .
Based on the identifiable environment , a lot of convention ways or styles of human life can be changed .
For privacy concerns , if the technology can be made to adjust to human beings ' feelings , it will be more welcomed .
For example , if the person who carries the identifiable sensor does not want any other person to know his or her location , he or she can disable the track .
Then , you may ask , how can the police get the information ?
I think that the track can be saved in some places which are not open to the public .
Once it is very severe , the records will pop out for official use .
As you can see , there are quite a lot of advantages of using surveillance technology to track people .
In short , it can provide a safe , convenient , identifiable environment for human beings .
Besides , we can try to reduce the bad effects caused by the new technology .
Thus , I strongly agree that surveillance technology such as RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) can be used to track people .
I do not agree with the above statement .
In my opinion , surveillance technology such as RFID should be used to track people though there do exist many problems if it prevails .
This can help to regulate people 's behavior , control crime and prevent terrorism , and set up demographic data .
RFID , despite the fact that it may be considered a privacy infringement , is different from video surveillance .
Unlike video surveillance , RIFD can only reflect the location and movements of the person with tags .
Without sending back any images or sound records , RFID is more user-friendly and helps prevent user 's privacy at the best it can .
Firstly , RFID is a useful tool to help to regulate human or animal behavior .
The tags can be used on those who need to be taken care of or the beloved ones , such as a child whose parents are always concerned about his whereabouts when parents are not together with him , or maybe a lovely dog whose owner fears to lose her .
In the first case , RFID can be used to help parents to surveillance their children so that they can make sure that they are at school or playing around at their friends ' home , and this may help parents regulate their children 's behavior .
Secondly , RFID can be used to control crime and prevent terrorism .
Everyday crimes are happening from time to time , and helping to keep a low criminal rate can be a combination of ethical , physiological and social problems .
RFID can be one of the trivial ways to help dispel criminal or masochistic thoughts .
Police can put tags on those who have the potential to commit crimes .
Thus , when a man with a 'terrorism tag ' entering a junction or a plaza full of people police should notice this and observe the man 's behavior as well as check his package to prevent him from explode TNT .
Apart from preventing crime and terrorism , RFID can also be used as evidence or alibi to help infer whether the suspect is the criminal or not .
What is more , RFID can be used to help collect demographic data .
If RFID is used on everyone and running for years , the surveillance centre will have a complete set of statistical data showing the movement of people from city to city , from town to town , which city is expanding more than people thought , which city is becoming less attractive .
Scientists can use these data to build up appropriate models to predict the future needs of each city so that local governments know where and when to build more infrastructures , what kind of infrastructures and what other development should be made .
Economics can take advantage of these figures to predict the economic trend of the local as well as the whole country .
As for transportation , roads and traffic authority can easily identify where traffic jams are and advise drivers to change to suggested routes .
In all , RFID should be applied to facilitate governors to better manage the world that we are living in .
It can help regulate behaviors , prevent crime and set up demographic data bases for various uses .
But before the application , governments need to secure the safety of RFID after implantation and make sure there will not be any ID theft .
More importantly , governments should make sure that only the right people can get access to this data and they must guarantee that they will not misuse or abuse the information .
As technology becomes more advanced nowadays , people are very exposed to the various types of technology in their daily lives .
It is undeniable that technology has made our lives and works easier and more efficient .
However , when surveillance technology starts to violet the privacy of people instead of being used in a more beneficial way towards people , it is my opinion that such technology should rethink its way of existence .
In fact , people are becoming more exposed to the public through the fast development of the virtual world-the internet .
Social networks such as facebook , Tiwtter and many others often reveal the true identities and some confidential information of the users without being realised .
This has already raised the problem of privacy leakage .
Surveillance technology deteriorates the problem by stalking on people 's privacy openly which may arouse anger and unhappiness among people .
Such an incident happened in London a few years ago , when the government installed CCTV ( ) on several streets in order to better supervise its people to keep the social order .
This was supposed to be applauded by the public because it allowed fast searching on people who violated the law and caused harm to others .
Instead , when news of the installment of such a device was released in the newspaper , it was heavily criticized by the public .
People were claiming the loss of privacy .
The government had to uninstall all the devices in the end .
In this case , we can clearly conclude that surveillance technology may be helpful in some ways ; however , when it touches the privacy of people themselves , it is unacceptable .
From the point of humanity , it is inhumane to use such technology on human beings .
We often put tags on products and animals because we treat them as goods , it is easy for trade when they are all labelled and tagged .
However , human beings are not animals or any other products , they have their own thoughts and freedom .
They have a full control of their own lives .
If so , then why do we need human implants to trace their activities and lives when they are free to do things that they like ?
It is understandable that once people have human implants , they may start to behave themselves because they can be easily traced out .
However , this way of curbing crime is so violent that it will only cause people to rebel and think of ways to escape the track of such a device .
After all , there will be an endless battle between the technology and the human mentality .
Humanity can be best seen in the case of pet rearing .
Pets are supposed to be chained when they are out on the streets .
However , in countries like China , where there is no law to force people to chain their pets , pets are usually left unchained and run freely on the streets .
It may be dangerous as some pets are rather fierce and aggressive , however , it is the benevolence nature of human beings that we treat pets as " human beings " , our friends that we do not want to restrict their freedom .
This phenomenon is accepted by the public even by those who do not own a pet .
This shows that even though there is a risk of causing harm to someone , people still prefer to bear the risk and allow their pets to have maximum freedom .
Even pets are granted freedom , people themselves certainly treat freedom as something essential .
In conclusion , I think that surveillance technology should not be allowed to be used to track people .
It does not only restrict their freedom in all aspects , but also causes leakage of personal information .
This greatly violates the rights of people .
Technology advancement is extremely fast nowadays .
Surveillance technology is one of the main concerns of the military and national defense sectors .
An example of this technology is RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) which has been proposed to track people through various means such as human implants or RFID tags on people .
However , this proposal has led to fierce arguments in the world over its pros and cons .
I personally stand together with the population who reject the proposal .
First of all , everyone in the world belongs to themselves who does not belong to anyone from my personal perspective .
Human rights have been raised pretty frequently in the world over the past few years .
Approval of RFID tracking will be seen as a violation of human rights and people will lose their most basic freedom .
Would it not be similar to criminals in prison but in a bigger confined space ?
Secondly , the tracking proposal will raise a safety issue .
The chip identifier technology can be reproduced by anyone .
It represents a query : Is not everyone can view each other 's information such as name and age ?
The leakage of such confidential information can be a sensitive issue to personal , violation of freedom and breakdown of safety .
One example is the storage of bank account numbers in the tracking chip .
Criminals can identify it easily by getting a small identifier anywhere and anywhere if the tracking proposal is approved .
He or she could easily touch on the designated bank account since password cracking is an easy task for most hackers .
Other than that , safety issues can be extended to personal safety .
Everyone knows the internet and data transmission is very common and accessible at any time and point such as Facebook .
However , people tend to express their personal feelings and ideas about sensitive issues on the internet unintentionally .
This action could actually generate aggressive feelings from others and violent movement could be launched onto the one with the aid of tracking tag or implant .
The Internet can be a convenient source to achieve the name and basic information of a person if it is hacked and the tracking proposal will facilitate the finding of a designated person .
In addition , national defense will be endangered if this tracking proposal is launched .
The technology is based on the chip implant or tag .
However , the chip implant can be retrieved easily and replanted into other people and so on the tag .
Mischief cases could actually cause chaos on the checkpoint tracking record and a more serious issue if people do it ill-intentionally .
For example , a wanted person can escape easily from a country and hide in another country with this method .
This tracking proposal creates a loophole in the net of justice rather than its original purpose .
In a nutshell , surveillance technology may provide a lot of convenience if it is used appropriately .
However , it is fairly fragile which can be counter-used by criminals at current level .
I would stand against the idea of tracking individuals given their capabilities in technology at present .
Nowadays , the improved human technology online is able to track different locations for different people .
For instance , Facebook , a well known social media platform , has the ability to track someone 's location .
However , in some opinions , these auto-tracking services break the rule of privacy .
Some people do not want to be tracked as they feel it is not safe .
In my opinion , the developed surveillance technology can be used to track people and objects only if the tracked person agrees to receive this service .
There are various advantages to using surveillance technology .
The first example is to track your personal items and prevent them from losing them .
We all know that there is an application on iphone called where is my iphone .
It basically serves to allocate your iphone 's position at any single time , for instance , if someone left his phone in a certain place , he can check his phone 's location by searching through the internet using another phone that has the same application if you are connected with your friends ' device .
You are able to find the location of your lost iphone by asking your friends as all the shared devices are able to see the location of each other .
Another good example of using tracking technology is to find a way to a place where someone has never been there before .
For example , one person wants to visit his friends place in a new city .
His friend is able to upload his location due to this advanced technology .
Then , the person is able to use GPS or other auto-tracking devices to find a place even though he has never been there before .
The radio-frequency device can be used on old people whose memory is not as good as young people as well .
For instance , when people get old , they begin to lose their memory and sometimes they may not remember their way home or other places .
If the old people always bring an auto-tracking device , it is much easier for the younger people to find them and it helps to guard the safety of the old people .
Although the auto-tracking device is quite powerful , it still has to be used in volunteering bases .
Without the agreement , people should not be able to use this technology to track others .
For example , if the tracking technology is able to track everyone even strangers , this means your location at anytime is viewable to every single person online .
This kind of situation will cause crime as thieves may auto track you and you will not be able to run out of them .
Therefore , we must agree with the statement before the technology is able to track us .
At the same time , our location should be protected from being seen by strangers .
All the conditions must be agreed by the person who agrees with the auto-tracking device to track him like , the time of tracking and who can view your location .
In conclusion , the advanced technology gives people convenience to find their items and their safety .
At the same time , people must protect their privacy without sharing their place with strangers .
Overall , the benefit of these technologies outweigh its problems if people use them wisely .
The increase in population of a country makes it difficult for the government to registers the members of each individual family and hence other factors to exist as an obstacle to the country 's development .
By following the trend of improvement in technology , people can now be easily tracked by using RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) by simply implant an RFID tag on the human body .
With this advantage , it will be easier for people to locate their friend or his family when they lose contact or are in urgent need of the police to investigate crimes .
By taking an example in any country , there are crimes everyday and it is obvious to see that not all the culprits have been arrested and being punished .
There are kidnaps everywhere and not all of the family can afford the ransom that is acquired by kidnappers .
In that case , they would have no choice but to seek for the power of loyal police .
The detective will start investigating the first criminal scene and brainstorm for all the possibilities .
Reality kills people in mind .
There are only 10 % of all the time who successfully pinpointed the kidnappers den and arrested all of them before they start to harm the poor victim .
In that sense , without a proper way to track human beings , it is way too difficult to save those innocent lives .
Also , not only the kidnappers and the victim need to be tracked down , but also jailbreakers .
A few years ago , there was a jailbreaker named Mat Selamat , one of the members of the terrorists of Osama , successfully escaped under the monitoring of a couple of cops in Singapore .
That was a rare case since Singapore is actually an absolutely safe country .
According to the news , the police force had mobilized thousands of cops , each of them prepared on duty and patrol in an allocated place all over the country and after a few months , none of them were able to find Mat Selamat and rearrested him .
People fell into panic when they knew that they had lost the harmony and peace in their country and the government had no choice but to keep claiming that their country is still in safety mode .
If RFID comes into existence , these kinds of cases can be totally avoided in no time .
Besides , if RFID is supposed to be used by the public , everyone will be able to locate their friends and also their dearest family .
Nowadays , people use the all-purpose smart phone for communicating .
With the power of the internet , there is nothing impossible to find a friend for afternoon tea .
In spite of that , the smart phone is still a device that needs to be recharged its battery or else it will be just like a rigid object .
Imagine when people camping in forests or hills , they will just lose all of the internet signal and also a risk that their phone runs out of batteries .
In that case , if they get lost or lose contact , they will be considered as the lost and eventually , they will not survive .
With the help of RFID , if there is an urgent need for people crying for help , they would be saved .
In conclusion , RFID benefits people more than brings harmful side effects to the human body by considering human safety .
Nowadays , technology is more advanced than it was in the past .
In the past , people only could find each other and communicate face to face .
After the invention of the phone and the internet , there are more ways to use it to communicate with people and even track people .
In this mean time , surveillance technology is found , which means that we are able to track people all the time .
Definitely , there are points of view that agree with the technology but also the voices of objection .
Thus , let 's discuss the pros and cons now to give you a clearer mind about surveillance technology .
Initially , surveillance technology such as RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) was implanted into the body of animals .
It functions to track the path of animals and help in scientific research .
Besides that , many animals which have just been released from the protection of humans for a long time have implanted the RFID as well to track their new life to ensure that they can survive in the wild life .
This technology is encouraged by some of the public to implant the RFID into prisoners ' bodies .
The initial function is good indeed to track the movement of them to protect the public safety and interest if they are out of prison .
However , some of the non-governmental organizations show their point of view that object and resist implanting the RFID into prisoners ' bodies .
Their opinions are founded on basic human rights .
Prisoners ' privacy is endangered due to the RFID .
After they are released from prison , the movement of their whole life is controlled and known by the government .
They feel stressed under the control of the government and it may lead to the ways that they do not desire and imagine .
Furthermore , some parents hold the positive view on surveillance technology and agree to implant the RFID into their children 's body .
Their opinion is based on the children 's safety protection and parents ' guardian .
Children can be easily found if they are lost or abducted by other people .
However , there are both sides of stories .
This technology leads to a problem which is same as the prisoner issue that is the human privacy .
Children are given birth by their parents ; parents are responsible for taking good care of them .
Although the initial function of implementation of RFID is good for children , children also have the human rights and privacy which is endanger under this technology .
Besides tags into the human body , there is also the issue of implant into products .
Recently , many cell phones have been equipped with GPS , which means that they can find the device 's location if it is lost .
It is also the advance of surveillance technology .
Children can easily be track based on the location of their cell phone by their parents .
Compared to the human implant , tags on products are better and more suitable .
Under the products tags , children are given a significant free space as compared to the congested control by human implant .
Parents also can ensure the safety of children as well as not endanger their privacy .
It is the way that can " use one stone to kill two birds " .
In conclusion , based on the advantages and disadvantages discussed , I agree that surveillance technology should not be used to track people .
However , to a certain extent , I agree to implant RFID tags on products to protect the safety of children .
As the world pace becomes faster and faster , the need for maximum efficiency becomes stronger and stronger in every field .
To know where a certain item is located becomes one of the ways to improve efficiency .
For example , UPS can track the process of each delivery .
With the information about the location of the cargo , it is much easier to prevent unexpected loss and come up with more efficient plans to save the energy and resources of the company .
RFID is one of the advanced technologies for tracking people .
Due to the small size of the equipment and the energy-saving feature , it has become more and more popular in industries and logistics .
However , it is not a reasonable idea to use RFID to track people by human implants or RFID tags on daily products like watches or clothes ; it does provide convenience in a certain situation .
The biggest difference between humans and animals or any other objects is that we have self-esteem or we need the basic respect from our peer .
One of the basic rights of humans is the right to privacy .
In any period of time , as long as we do not offend others , we should enjoy the right of privacy .
However , the idea of using RFID to track people violates our need for privacy .
Since RFID tags attached to the product can remain functional for a long period of time , it could be misused for surveillance purposes which are not related to industry production or supply activities .
For example , a consumer buys a product with RFID from a supermarket .
As the RFID is embedded within the product , people who have the access to the information definitely can track him .
However , the consumer may not be aware of the function of the tag , so this action could reveal the sensitive information of the consumers like home address and working address to someone who is not authorized to get the information .
If this piece of information is misused , chances are high that the consumer would suffer loss like financial loss or even cause danger to the life of the consumer .
Moreover , if the product is what one needs to use every day like clothes or shoes , then the location of one will be revealed every second .
This is just like there is an invisible stalker behind you .
It is not only scary but also illegal .
Although someone would say the information is secured very well and will not be released or misused for any purpose , it is still not appropriate .
We can think about this scenario : The location of us going on daily life will be sent to a computer to be processed and stored every second .
Does this sound reasonable to you ?
As we have mentioned above , as human beings , we should enjoy our privacy during our lives as long as we do not cause harm to others .
However , RFID will violate our right to privacy during our shopping activities .
Therefore , RFID should not be used to track people , whether through human implants or tags on products .
Does society need surveillance or not ?
With the development of modern society , more and more new technology appears and people 's life qualities rise because of the new inventions .
Some good examples such as the Internet , computers and satellites are now quite common for humans ' normal lives ; however , some problems have also emerged , with a concern of the loss of the privacy of civilians .
In modern society privacy is a hot topic in people 's minds .
Even if safety is the most important thing to consider in normal life , many people still want to keep their privacy in spite of existing some potential dangers .
The contradiction of safety and privacy can not be resolved perfectly .
With the installation of surveillance cameras in every corner of Singapore , people 's lives have safe security , and criminals are deterred by these electrical instruments .
A report shows that the crime rate in Singapore is the lowest in the world .
This is because of two reasons : One is the strict law in Singapore , and the other is the dense surveillances everywhere .
During the year 2003 , surveillance strategies helped Singapore beat the SARS and successfully prevented the spread of the epidemic situation .
At that time , the Singapore government adopted the method of installing surveillances in every patient 's home to look after their actions .
Much media has reported the effective measures of installing the surveillances in Singapore .
Without the use of surveillance , the epidemic situation could not have been controlled strictly , and the loss caused by SARS might have been many times greater than that in 2003 in Singapore .
The benefits of surveillance are obvious in the fighting of SARS , and this is a successful example of such surveillance .
Every coin has its two sides .
In one way , surveillance helps the government guard civilians ' property and life . On the other hand , surveillance makes people feel uncomfortable under the 24 hours ' monitoring .
In the novel 1984 , written by George Orwell , the author imagines a world in which people are being watched by the big brother when they are doing everything .
Every word people say can be heard by the government and because of that , the government knows well about everyone 's mind and wants to wash everyone 's mind and control normal people totally .
It is a country without any freedom and democracy in the novel .
In reality , people are afraid of being tracked everywhere , not because of meaning to crime , but because of the spirit of freedom and privacy in everyone 's heart .
When a husband is talking a sweet sentence to his wife , none of the couple wants it to be heard by the people behind the monitors .
Normal people 's privacy needs to be seriously considered .
People need a safe environment to live in , and also need a private environment to stay independent .
Surveillance is a useful method to keep society 's safety , but it also kills the privacy of people to some degree .
The best way to solve this contradiction is to educate people well and make them live an affluent life , and then the surveillance is no more needed .
At that time , even if there was no surveillance above people 's heads , there were surveillance cameras in everyone 's heart and criminals were more difficult to hide .
Nowadays , humans live in a modern society .
Around people , they are full of high technology like CCTVs , automatically sorting systems for goods and different information systems .
In order to bring more benefits to ensure people 's safety , surveillance technology has been utilized in many aspects of fields like in ups and DHL , these express delivery companies use surveillance technology to track their goods .
It is convenient for customs to track and confirm where and how their goods are now .
However , besides tracking goods for people , people have begun to use this technology to track people .
I do not agree with this kind of behavior , because humans are different from goods and can not treat humans as goods .
There is no doubt that the tracking system has brought many benefits to this information age .
No matter where people go , taking bus or MRT , people are under the CCTVs , it is very important and useful to track and find people .
Actually , the tracking system has provided people safety indemnification .
However , tracking people is difficult and different from goods .
For instance , a company has over two hundred employees scattered over different locations in Singapore , and is currently keeping track of working hours and overtime payments through the use of a punch card system-a system which can be open to employees such as an employee punching the card for another .
Goods are dead , but humans are alive .
If a company really uses this technology to track its employees , employees will dislike and claim that their human rights and privacy have been violated .
In other words , people will feel that the boss or the company treats them like goods , because modern people need more homage not money .
So , when employees begin to conflict with this tracking system , they will find some ways to escape the tracking system like asking friends to help them to punch the cards .
Finally , the company tracking system has no meaning at all ; therefore , the tracking system is a very terrible measure to control people .
In addition , tracking people 's systems may be used by bad people in the wrong way .
How to explain this problem , it means that people are not sure who are in charge of this tracking system .
For example , people go somewhere , no matter if they take the bus , MRT or driving , they are under the CCTVs .
If some bad people want to track someone for their personal purposes , by hacker technology , they can use the government tracking system to do their own business .
In other words , the government originally hopes to use the tracking system to ensure its citizens ' safety . Now it has been divulged human information .
It is very dangerous for society , because people do not know who is tracking them , it must bring citizens trepidation .
In conclusion , what I have mentioned above , we have to agree that the tracking system has many benefits in different parts of human life , especially in this modern world .
But tracking people is a very terrible choice , it sounds like people invented a 'prison ' to jail themselves , people need homage and freedom .
Also tracking people is very dangerous if it has been controlled by bad men for a not good purpose .
So surveillance technology should not be used to track people .
Surveillance technology : A prospering technology
Radio-frequency identification is a technology which uses a wireless non-contact system to scan and transfer the data from a tag attached to people or products with a electromagnetic field .
After this , it can automatically get the identification and tracking .
Nowadays , this technology has been used in many kinds of fields , such as transportation and logistics , transportation payment , product tracking and inventory systems , some institutions and so on .
More interestingly , this technology is being used in human identification , even planting the chip into the human body .
This fact becomes very controversial among people and the possibility of personal information being released without knowing also brings about the public 's concern .
In some fields , surveillance technology has brought us tremendous benefits and advantages .
Logistics and transportation are major areas of utilization for RFID technology .
In the transportation , almost all of the people have transport cards for daily transportation .
Since we do not have to bring cash to pay for the transportation fee , an enormous amount of time has been saved for everybody .
For the society , there will be a more efficient transportation system .
For logistics , if all the products are attached to the tags , it is much easier to count and record all the products .
This will make the logistic process more effective and also prevent the occurrence of product lost because of the tracking .
Since inventory management is very important for some kinds of companies , this technology plays a very significant role .
The super markets are also using this technology to tag their products , which can record the conditions of all of the products in time and prevent them from stealing .
When checking out , the price tag will be scanned to get the total payment very quickly .
This will save the customers ' time and also improve the profit of the market .
The libraries also use this technology to identify the membership of the people entering , which ensures the security and the member itself will also conserve their information made in this library .
Both the library and museum apply this technology to avoid some belongings being taken out illegally .
In some kindergartens , RFID is used to tab the children to keep a record of their attendance and whereabouts .
On the condition that the kindergarten students are very young and they do not have a very sound self-conscious , this system can prevent them from getting lost .
All in all , the RFID system is used to catch the information of the object and track .
This function can be used in many aspects .
With RFID , the customer who is potential to buy a very expensive luxury will be less reluctant to consider what if it is lost , because the RFID can help them get it back .
This will inversely improve the sales of the shop .
Although in many respects , this technology can be used in positive and evidently beneficial ways , in some areas it is so controversial .
The most controversial part may be the human identification .
It probably can be divided into several types .
The first type is just say the ID card which is carried externally by the person .
By using this card , our identities can be confirmed and the information in a certain institution can be kept .
However , this will raise a privacy protection issue .
How can it be guaranteed that our information will not be abused ?
Maybe this part can be resolved by using another technology .
For example , the ID card can be implanted into a switch which can be controlled by the owner .
When not using it , just switch off the card , then it will be just a useless paper .
Another human identification is implanting RFID chips into the human body .
For this part , not only the privacy problem is concerned , but also the human health .
Is the implanting chip definitely safe and feasible ?
Will it affect the normal functionality of the other organs ?
All of these problems are waiting to be resolved .
In solution , surveillance technology has been used in a much broader area .
Some have been widely accepted by the public but some have not .
Actually , this technology is very useful and should definitely be used .
What should be concerned is how it can be applied in the right area in the right way .
If there is some controversy , how can it be improved ?
Only if it is made use of in a wise and sensible approach and is adjusted and refined very profoundly , can it bring us the maximized benefit .
Surveillance technology should be used to track people .
Technology is necessary because it can provide evidence in crime investigation and social issues and decrease illegal actions effectively .
Firstly , surveillance technology is useful in crime investigation and public issues .
It can provide an objective view of what happened .
It records the history which nobody can deny .
In crime investigation , the truth of evidence is necessary , which can only be made through photos , videos or small tracks .
The supermarket monitor is needed because we have to track thieves .
In front of ATM we need monitor to avoid intentional crime .
We need CCTV in every public corner to track suspicious .
Only in this way can we get evidence of bad movement to protect others .
The objective truth in CCTV is helpful and efficient in crime investigation , better than asking witness again and again to identify who is the liar .
Secondly , surveillance technology can decrease the illegal actions effectively .
Imagine there is no CCTV in public .
People will act as if there is no supervision .
No evidence is recorded .
Cheating can be very popular in examinations and stealing will seldom incur punishment .
In a Chinese kindergarten , children were always abused by a teacher but no one else knew that .
Children told their parents .
Some parents were too busy to take care of their children while other parents did not believe what the children said .
The headmaster did not know how the teacher really was and she did not fire her even when some children were afraid of entering the teacher 's class .
After so many children were abused , people came to know the truth .
Shadow was made on children 's hearts and there is nothing we can do to make up for it .
Now people suggest that every classroom in every kindergarten should have a monitor , otherwise the teachers ' actions can not be supervised .
If there had been a monitor in the classroom , maybe parents and headmaster could realize earlier how severe and how bad the truth was and children could get protection earlier .
People may say that surveillance technology will be abused intentionally by authorized people .
It really happened in China .
In a car accident related to an official 's relative , the record was modified with a new record .
The person in the record had been changed to another one before it was released to the public .
The modification was so obvious that people can easily recognize it .
In China , things like that will happen because the legal system does not sound good enough .
Power is concentrated on a few people .
The problem of abuse of surveillance is only the problem of abuse of power .
Avoiding corruption and separating power is more important than hiding surveillance technology .
In conclusion , surveillance technology is necessary in many public places in my opinion because we need it in crime investigation and social issues .
There is a truth that we can not deny which is that surveillance technology can provide a sense of safety because sometimes machines are more honest than people .
We have to admit that how to prevent the abuse and how to use it reasonably depends on a sound legal system , and it means surveillance has its own restriction .
Surveillance technology such as RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) has been made possible to track people by implanting certain markers on people or products .
This is more than convenient for the authority to take better control of the society and to every individual .
However , with respect to civil rights and privacy , surveillance technology such as RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) should not be used to track people .
In the first place , every civilized person more or less dislikes the idea that he or she is being close watched every second .
By law , citizens have the right to keep their privacy confidential to the public , whereas the privacy would be exposed if such surveillance technology is applied widely .
Many pupils in China have been complaining about their phones , because with the phones at hand , their lives are all transparent to their parents .
Such technology would put people into the same circumstances as those pupils where the government plays the role of parents trying to find out what people are doing every second .
If pupils feel uncomfortable being watched by their parents , citizens will definitely be unhappy being watched by the big brother .
Close surveillance is not only a problem of bad feelings , but also a problem of the health of the society .
Some people may claim that it is good for security as when every one is under tracking , those potential criminals also are .
By logic it seems perfectly right .
However , whether a behavior is a crime is dependent on the authority .
When the authority treats liberty as a crime , the society becomes terrible .
It has been doubted that whether a society that is under close surveillance will be a good one to live in .
Many science fiction have made good efforts in describing the future of humans in which every body in society is put under close surveillance by the governments .
Surprisingly , none of these describe the future as a bright one .
In history , there were times when the government wanted to secure its gorvernance so badly that its police sniffed around people like dogs , such as the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union .
People nowadays would agree that it is terrible to live in those societies .
Then why would they agree to put themselves into those societies ?
The worse thing is that one may not even be aware of that he or she is being tracked .
If such a thing does happen , then the society would be moving in a dangerous direction without being noticed .
Imagine that one day , one was suddenly arrested from his normal life by the police and told him that he was accused of posting anti-society statements on the Internet .
And all the evidence had been collected by hidden surveillance when he thought he was expressing his opinion in a safe house !
In summary , surveillance technology should not be used to track people in order to keep the society comfortable and safe to live in .
What should really be put into close surveillance is the government .
People must make sure that the government is not abusing its power in ways including tracking people .
There is one thing that is common in the world described in many fiction - chips are implanted in humans and record their location , history and even thoughts at that time .
The readers are just smiling when they flip the page because it never comes to their mind that one day it might come true .
However , the world is always beyond our imagination and never lets us down .
Actually , this technology has already been weaved into our lives .
We benefit from surveillance technology for many years and in many ways .
Travelers survive in deserts thanks to GPS guide them .
The police seize the criminal thanks to CCTV .
Having power can help people to achieve lots of things ; however , abusing will guide us in another direction .
Tracking people is one way of abuse technology ; in fact , it happens every day .
Although we are not implanted chips we are exposed to CCTV .
It is a common question asked by lots of people that as technology develops and we benefit from it , we are losing our privacy .
We can not deny that surveillance technology is a great achievement that securing us and protecting us from criminals but we also can not ignore the lease of our privacy and even limit our freedom .
My life now is exposed to lots of CCTV .
Every day when I opened my door and went to lady 's through the corridor , I was recorded by 3 CCTV .
I need to dress up neatly in case one day someone checks the CCTV will find a girl in weird clothing .
When I work , it seems I am holding my heart working since if I am doing something wrong or relaxing during work time .
Next minute , I may have tea with my manager .
Such a nightmare owes to abuse of surveillance technology .
Although we all understand that installing CCTV is used to protect us from criminals , nowadays , it seems to be abused too much .
According to an article , in the US , every telecommunication company has a contract with the FBI , requiring them to keep the phone call record easily searchable and accessible for the FBI .
Moreover , as shown in many Hollywood movies , Google mail is also accessible for the FBI .
There are so many people in the FBI , although it is under strict rules , and we can not think ideally there will not be anyone abuse its power and access those resources for private purposes and lease them out .
Leasing of private information , even though it only happens once , but one is too much for an individual .
Moreover , the money spent on telephone call records is $ 1.8 million per year .
" The Big Brother is watching you " ( Orwell , < 1984 > ) , the fictional world described in George Orwell 's novel now turns out to be true .
There is only one thing different .
Our lives are not only exposed to big brother .
Instead , owing to CCTV , telephone and other RFID , we are becoming characters in a play watched by someone , but we seldom notice it , that is why it is horrible to our lives .
As the fast growing of electrical technology , people have been trying to adopt more and more advanced technology into our life to make full use of it .
Many advantages have been shown in areas like politics .
Because of the surveillance technology , more and more things are under track and more and more clues can be used .
However , disadvantages have also been gradually disappearing as with the fruits people are enjoying .
That is to say , there are more and more doubts raised by the public about the surveillance technology .
From my point of view , I think the application should only be authorized by people in some specific fields like politics and public security .
Firstly , privacy will not be protected if everything is under monitoring .
We can not imagine our every move is under track and there may be someone who is staring at you from some place through the monitor .
That sounds like we are naked in front of the public , there is no secret and even privacy for us .
Perhaps that surveillance is installed for the sake of safety , but actually it conversely makes us have a lack of safety .
Therefore , the surveillance technology can not be casually used .
Secondly , it may be used by lawyers .
There is no denying that every coin has two sides .
The technology also applies .
On one hand , we can use it to ensure that something is under our control to reduce the rate of crimes .
On the other hand , the technology can also be probably used by the lawbreader to commit crimes .
And once this happens , privacy does not exist any more and people 's lives are under great threat .
Therefore , this technology carries great risks when we can only see the advantages that have emerged .
Thirdly , it is also a waste of time and money if we use it in our daily lives .
Say , a person whose salary is 2000 dollars per month .
And he spends 1000 dollars to install the surveillance system in his house .
Then if his house gets stolen , perhaps he can use the surveillance to get his money back .
However , if nothing happens inside his house , then the surveillance becomes useless , and he will also feel very uncomfortable because his every move is being supervised .
Therefore , for ordinary people , there is no need for them to use this technology .
Otherwise , it is just a waste of resources .
From the reasons above , we can see that the surveillance technology takes great danger to it so that we can not apply it to our daily lives .
However , we can take the essence and reject its dross .
That is to say , we can use it in some specific and special areas such as public security and politics .
These fields are special because of the job category , and the need to be open to the public , so the disadvantages will not be shown .
Contrarily , it can help to supervise the public figures in politics and track the offenders in security .
Therefore , the surveillance technology should not be used except for some specific jobs .
Surveillance technology such as Radio Frequency Identification ( RFID ) to track the population is potentially a dangerous weapon by the governments against its own people .
It should therefore not be used to track the population in order to protect people 's privacy and the idea of democracy .
Using surveillance technology such as Radio Frequency Identification ( RFID ) to track the population can be seen as merely progression from older technologies such as identification cards .
A possible benefit is better statistical analysis , which will provide the government with more information when drafting policies .
However , in this very non-ideal world where corruption is abundant , wide usage of such surveillance technology and accurate tracking is potentially a dangerous , perverted and deadly weapon .
Illustrations that are both hypothetical and yet concrete are action spy movies , such as the Bourne identity .
In the movie , the spy agent accesses the public street cameras to track Jason 's borne whereabouts .
This clearly illustrates how a corrupted government may breach its civilians ' privacy .
In addition , corrupt officials may sell this tracking information to the mafia .
Misha ( 2008 ) explains in his book 'McMafia ' that the shadow market accounts for 20 % of the global economy .
Judging from the crazy yet realistic anecdotes about gangsters , human traffickers , and the yukuza from his book , it is not difficult to imagine the opportunistic nature of humans taking advantage of this marvelous tracking technology .
The people who are on the run from the mafia will be at risk !
Surveillance technologies should also not be used to protect people 's liberty and freedom of opinion .
The idea of democracy and the power of the people will be at risk if people are tracked .
The ability to track every individual will empower dictators and their secret police .
Already without these technologies , secret police agencies are able to track their prey and unsuspecting rebels .
An example is the Nazis secret police of Hitler used to dispose ( their bodies literally ) and stamp out any of Hilter 's oppositions using fear ( and maybe guns , knives , poison ) .
As previously mentioned , there are benefits to this surveillance and tracking technology .
Trends of the highly emotionally and easily manipulated humans can be tracked , analysis , archived and chronicled .
Trends in society and cultures can therefore be observed as a function of time .
These statistical analyses will give governments more accurate information when drafting policies .
An example of making a good informed decision is the story of the planning and constructing of a walking path , where the government has a lack of information and decides that the people need a proper concrete walking path and build one at a random location .
However , they could have built the walking path on a dirt path that had been walked out by the people themselves .
Knowing that this is the favorable route by the people , the government now has sufficient information to build a walking path that truly benefits the people .
Still the possible downfall of these surveillance technologies is too present in my paranoid mind and they clearly outweigh the benefits , in my opinion .
It is therefore better to stick to the status quo .
With the development of technology , we have more advanced methods to track people in today 's society .
Surveillance technology such as RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) is frequently used by the police to track people who are considered suspicious .
However , the use of surveillance technology is usually done secretly , and a debate has been raised today about whether surveillance technology should be abandoned .
Some socialists argue that installing surveillance devices on people offends human rights and should be totally abandoned .
However , people who are taking security jobs assert that surveillance technology is the most effective way to track people and make it easier for them to track suspicious people so that they can do their work much more effectively .
In my point of view , surveillance technology should still be used to track people at present since there are no better solutions .
The application of surveillance technology is the most effective method to track people and thus can help the police a lot .
Although that method may invade certain people 's rights and privacy , in exchange for that we can get a safe and peaceful society .
If surveillance technology is abandoned , it makes the police very difficult to track suspicious people and can have little control over those people who are dangerous to the society .
For example , without surveillance technology , murderers can escape much more easily since no one knows their position .
Without surveillance technology , suspicious people might actually commit a murder and the murder can be much more serious if the police can not arrive in time to help .
On the other hand , the application of surveillance technology serves as a warning to murderers and they might not commit more murder since they might be afraid of being tracked by the police .
If that technology is abandoned , it may trigger more bad people to commit murder or steal things since it is very difficult for the police to track them and they have a high possibility of not being punished by the law .
Therefore , the continuation of using surveillance technology is really necessary .
Although surveillance technology should not be totally abandoned , regulations of using it is expected .
With the popularization of surveillance technology , a more concise and more complete regulations of using it are highly needed .
For example , making ordinary people not allowed to use it and do not let the surveillance device accessible to ordinary people so that abuse of surveillance technology can be avoided , which is also an effective way to protect human rights .
Only police should be allowed to use surveillance technology and such technology can only be used to help track the murders or people suspected .
With proper use of surveillance technology , surveillance technology can be a good tool for the police , and it can also benefit the whole society .
It is unavoidable for some socialists to argue that surveillance technology invades human rights . However , for the sake of the whole society , surveillance technology should still be used .
As long as the regulations of using surveillance technology are enacted , surveillance technology can serve as a good tool .
In modern society , public surveillance is becoming a normal phenomenon .
In the United States , after the horrible attack on 11 September , the US congress passed the patriot Act , which is mainly to increase domestic surveillance , to counter against terrorists .
However , although these bureaucratic actions prevent another similar attack from happening again , the act is widely criticized for its violation over individual privacy .
With the development of surveillance technology such as RFID , spy on the population can be much easier , which will create even worse scenery for the citizens .
In this paper , the incorrectness of using technology such as RFID to track people will be proved by the discussion of violation of privacy , the trend to misuse such measures and the enhancement of the totalitarian rule of the authority .
First , the violation of privacy will be dramatically increased .
Typically , the RFID tags are small devices with a read-only chip .
The regular distance of data exchange can be several meters .
Once such a chip is loaded with personal information and implants in individuals , all the information about his or her life can be recorded .
Some supporters may argue that it will be more convenient to use RFID for identification in places like airports and checkpoints .
However , the fact is that such technology will create check points everywhere .
Furthermore , such tracking on individuals is done without the permission of the subject person .
That is to say , people will be surveilled for every moment without awareness .
In such a situation , individuals will lose their basic privacy .
Secondly , when technology like RFID is widely used , there will be a trend to misuse such technology .
An important feature of RFID is its minimal security .
Since it is the only one , the card can not protect itself .
Moreover , almost every one can gain access to the card reader as the reader requires only simple technology .
Then , if a business man wants to defeat his competitor , he can just buy a reader and spy for commercial secrets .
Hence , once RFID is widely used , people are very likely to spy on each other , which will destroy trust , respect and many moral values .
Third , using surveillance technology will enhance the totalitarian power of the authority .
The government is supposed to serve the people .
However , once the government gathers too much power , democracy may be turned into totalitarianism , and such surveillance technology provides the measures .
Spying and collecting excessive information of individuals is the first step .
When the government is able to find out all the precise information about its citizens , it can gradually apply control over them .
Consequently , the government is very likely to turn into a totalitarian authority , which will be the worst scene and tragedy for every single citizen .
All in all , surveillance technology such as RFID should not be used to track the general population for the violation of privacy , the trend to misuse such measures and the enhancement of the totalitarian power of the authority .
Privacy must be respected , and power over others should be controlled .
Without such surveillance technology , we can still live a better future .
With the development of science and technology , people nowadays are living under various surveillances , for example , CCTVs can be seen almost everywhere in public areas .
Recently , a new coming surveillance technology called radio-frequency identification , which is RFID for short , has caused heated discussions on whether it should be used to track people .
Some people think RFID should be banned out of privacy consideration .
However , as far as I am concerned , using RFID to track specific people can be very helpful in situations such as scientific exploration , rescue and police events .
During scientific exploration , especially the geographical ones , the tracking is very important .
This tracking will help scientists to better get their results and clear exploration route information will also be useful for post-research when scientists come back .
In addition , people who research biodiversity will also need to be tracked .
When these scholars are on the field journey , they also have to relate their observation with their route information ; this is when RFID is of great significance .
In addition , field journeys are sometimes very dangerous .
Observers are likely to go into the rural forests or mountainous areas .
Their safety may face a huge challenge .
In this kind of situation , RFID will help a lot .
Actually , not only for scientific observations but also during adventure journeys or traveling , RFID can defend human beings from harm .
Firstly , knowing where the travelers are and may going can assist them to know what the surroundings will be like and they can prepare better to protect themselves or they can change directions to avoid the potential danger .
Furthermore , by telling the geographical position of the people , RFID can accelerate the rescue process and will improve the survival rate of the victims .
During the rescue , every second is valuable !
RFID is also functional in police events .
By getting the track of the suspensors , police officers can decide who the criminal exactly is sooner and easier to gain the truth behind the criminal event .
Furthermore , knowing where the criminal is will also simplify the chasing process .
Policeman can just go to a certain place and chase the criminal .
Besides , tracking people with potential danger will be helpful for the safety department to predict the harm and better avoid the problem .
Some people may argue that using RFID to track people will leave out individuals ' privacy .
Nevertheless , the activities I mentioned above are related little to privacy issues .
Firstly , for scientific exploration , rescue and police events , the privacy factors are far less important than the individual 's social safety and scientific results .
In addition , for observation journeys and traveling , we only need to use RFID on certain individuals and they will agree with this action for their own benefit .
Above all , I think we can not ban the use of RFID completely , since it will be of great help to humans ' benefit during scientific exploration , rescue and police events .
By using this technology reasonably , it will assist people to walk faster and further in the long and rough civilization developing path .
Not Being imprisoned by Surveillance Technology
With the development of science and technology , surveillance technology is playing its role in people 's lives .
It monitors anybody 's movement or activity , and enables us to identify suspects involved in any misdoing which violates the law , etc .
When surveillance technology like RFID brings lots of convenience to our life , some people argue that this kind of technology actually makes us feel unsafe .
Personally , I think surveillance technology such as RFID ( radio-frequency identification ) should not be used to track people ; for the benefit it brings to me can not match the concerns it causes .
It has been quite a long time since someone raised the importance of the right to privacy .
No doubt , surveillance technology is going against the right since it leaks out people 's information without getting their permission .
When the technology is not so well developed , it may not be a big problem for leaking limited information .
While it has become highly developed , it is very scary to realize that this technology actually tells lots of people where did you go and what did you do .
It gives you the feeling that all people are watching a movie , and you are the hero whose every movement including using the toilet is under others observation , just like what was shown in the movie The Truman Show which chronicles the life of a man who is initially unaware that he is living in a constructed world , broadcast to billions of people .
When I have such feelings , I will feel that I am not belong to human beings as everyone else any longer , instead , I am like a pet or a tool to be made fun of by others .
It is more like a prisoner 's life , because we are under other people 's control and we can do nothing to change our situation .
On the other hand , when we allow surveillance technology to be used to track people , it increases the success rate of people taking bad actions .
For example , thieves can easily find out the best time to visit our houses and kidnappers can take away our kids every time they are informed of everyone 's location .
This will also cause more social concerns .
However developed our society is , technology should always serve us as a tool instead of constraining us like ropes .
Every technology is born with its advantages and its shortcomings just like nuclear power or weapons .
If we can not choose the proper way to use it , we will taste the bad consequences of it .
As for surveillance technology which is not only inefficient enough in improving our quality of life but also violating our right to privacy , I think we should not use it to track people .
All of us hope to live in a freer , more relaxed and safer world .
Population ageing is a global phenomenon as shown in China , India , Europe and even more countries and regions .
Studies have shown that the current average life span is over 65 .
Projections of the United Nations indicate that the population aged 60 or over in developed and developing countries is increasing at 2 % to 3 % annually .
The rising expectancies are considered a challenge as a result of an aging population and a high burden for governments to support the sources of living for excessive ageing people .
However , it is considered as an achievement as there is low competency in the workforce .
Rising life expectancies is a two-sided sword which is both a challenge and an achievement .
Rising life expectancies results in fewer workforces being available .
Fewer young people and more elderly people have existed globally .
This results in an unbalanced ratio between young people and older people .
This is a challenge as it reduces the productivity of countries , and hence affects the productivity of the world .
Globally , manpower is lacking .
Although the current world is a digital world where more machines are used to replace manpower , manpower is required to operate these machines so that they can better functioned .
In countries like Singapore , manpower is the only natural resource available which Singapore can invest in as she does not have enough land to build farms and factories .
In addition , Singapore focuses more on developing its tertiary industry which mainly consists of services .
People are needed .
More importantly , Singapore wants to be a knowledge based country , as more highly educated people are required .
Ageing results in less manpower and less highly educated people are available in proportion .
More elderly people are a burden to society as more funds are required by the government to support their standard of living .
In general , elderly people are easily ill as compared to young capable adults .
More health care is needed for elderly people than young adults .
In most countries healthcare is provided free from the government .
As a result , the government needs more taxes from companies in order to have enough money to provide healthcare for elderly people .
Studies have shown that the current average life span is over 65 .
This is an age in which most people are retired and have no sources of income .
Their purchasing power is low .
In an aged population , low spending affects economic growth .
Companies are in trouble if they can not earn sufficient money to sustain their business and they also need to pay high taxes to the government .
Population ageing is a challenge for economic development .
Despite the challenges from an ageing population , it is an achievement as less people are in the workforce to bid on one job position .
Therefore , people are generally less stressed at work .
Life is more enjoyable for young adults .
Rising life expectancies also indicates that the standard of living has improved for the majority of people .
Healthcare is better than in the past .
They can live longer as they can afford high healthcare fares to maintain their health in a better condition .
In conclusion , rising life expectancies is a challenge as it results in more potential problems for future sustainable economic development .
However , it is an achievement as it is an indication that our society has progressed well and people are living in better conditions .
With the ageing population , many countries are facing the same challenge as building safe houses and facilities to cater to the aged .
After a certain age , they will have to retire .
The challenge of many ageing countries will rise when no new generation could take over their place in that particular trade .
First , I will discuss the challenge of having an ageing population such as building more facilities and hospitals that will be needed when the population starts to age and jobs which have no young people taking over , which can lead to economic downfall .
Secondly , I will discuss the ageing population as an achievement where they implement healthy lifestyles and good eating habits .
When people start to age , many diseases will surface up un-noticing .
Therefore , for the welfare of the ageing population , more old age hospitals will have to be built .
Land space will be limited when more hospices are built to take care of the elderly people .
With illnesses surfacing and the increase in ageing population , increasing number of nurses and doctors will have to be present .
However , not many young people are passionate about helping the society or even helping the elderly .
Hence , the country will face a big challenge in taking care of the elderly .
In addition , retirement is a must in some countries .
This could cause a drastic fall in their economy as if the younger generation could not take over their work , and no one will continue .
It is thus a big challenge to the country as there is no one boosting their economy .
The ageing population could be an achievement as this indicates measures have been implemented to have a healthy lifestyle by the people .
The more old people the country has , the more experience they will have as most elderly people can share their old experiences with the younger generation and make them not make the same mistakes as them .
This will help the country to move forward rapidly .
The more exercise or any other forms of work out can prolong the lifespan of people .
It also indicates that the foods the people eat are nourishing and can decrease the amount of illness that can cause death , thus living longer .
Food can be a big part of our lives .
Eating the right amount of healthy or junk food can be the cause of having a longer or shorter lifespan .
An example will be in Korea .
It is said that kimchi can reduce the chances of having cancer and in addition , the people will have a good skin complexion .
True enough , their population is ageing but people there can live very long due to the food they are consuming .
Thus , food can play an important role in the population .
As life could be precious , an ageing population could be an advantage as well as a disadvantage to a particular country .
A balanced phenomenon should be seen in one nation .
Rising life expectancies could be seen as a good or a bad trend to others .
Therefore , every country should try to maintain both the young and old generation balanced .
Studies have shown that the life span is getting longer , which reflects the rise in life expectancies .
It is clear that population aging is happening all over the world , since the current average life span is 65 and the population above the age of 60 is increasing year after year .
This shows the rising of life expectancies , it is an achievement and it is also a challenge .
The rising life expectancies may be due to several different reasons ; for example , it may be because of the improvement of the living condition , or because of the upgrade of the cleanness of the living environment , or because of the wide arrange of nutrition that is absorbed by humans , or because of the development of the medication system in the country .
No matter which reason stated above exactly dominant to the rising of life expectancies it is one of the evidence of the achievement of the human nation .
It is the technology developments that enables the improvement of the living condition ; the discovery of the food and the nutrition that is more suitable and more necessary for humans to absorb ; the various medicines that can be used to cure different diseases .
Without all this technology we may need to live in the same condition as centuries ago , with a higher death rate when diseases spread around the world and the human nations have no solution .
The rising of life expectancies shows the human nation has overcome some of the challenges of the natural environment around us during the existence of so many centuries therefore it is an achievement .
However , the rising of life expectancies is also a challenge to the entire human nation .
With the population ageing problem getting more and more serious all over the world , the shortage of various kinds of resources challenge most of the countries in the world .
Firstly , food resources and medication resources are the most important resources to support the living of human beings .
And also the over crowded modern cities also raise the problem of public transportation , unevenly distributed wealth and education resources shortage , also are the problems that some countries that may face .
Although rising of life expectancies is a challenge to the entire human nation , the detailed problems each country that will encounter are different .
It is clear that problems that may face for developed and developing countries are different .
For developing countries , they may encounter more about the shortage of food resources and the problem of how to develop a better medication system to serve the entire nation , and they may also face the problem of how to distribute the wealth evenly to benefit the entire population ; more over they need to consider carefully how to build the education system so that the next generation of the population will be able to carry on to raise the whole country .
For developed countries , the challenges they face mainly are the over crowded modern cities usually face the public transportation problem and also the unevenly distributed wealth which results in that some of the population being unable to benefit from the development of the human society in terms of technology which improves the quality of life .
In conclusion , the rising life expectancies can be considered both challenge and achievement .
An ageing population is a prolonged and persistent societal problem that is being frowned upon in most developed countries .
As the standard of living increases , affordability of high quality healthcare services and medical technologies , which have advanced over the decades , among the general public has become increasingly available .
People of the nations are likely to be well-taken care of , partly because of the various healthcare incentives and schemes provided by the respective government .
In the following , I will take Singapore as the case study as a reference to my discussion .
Rising life expectancies can be a pro to family affairs .
There is a Chinese saying that goes , " Jia you yi lao , ru you yi bao " .
This means that having an elderly person at home is equivalent to having a gold at home .
Where every home houses an elderly person , the future generations can learn and carry on their traditional and moral values .
Where filial piety and respect for the elderly are highly emphasized in Chinese traditions , the children can learn to respect and interact with their grandparents from a young age and so on for their parents .
With good communication and interaction , the elderly can guide the young with valuable lessons in life .
An individual is an unit of the society and every good individual thus is a precious contribution to the society and the nation 's growth .
On the other hand , the rising life expectancy can also be an indication , though not entirely , of a country 's reputation to its citizens .
A long-lived and healthy individual is sometimes being related to the good standard of living and healthcare services that one receives .
In other words , it indicates that the national healthcare system is effective and well-managed by the government .
This gives credits to the government 's medical and healthcare schemes .
Thus , rising life expectancy can be seen as an achievement of the government 's well-planned or managed schemes .
However , this shall not be entangled with the idea that high life expectancy equates to a nation 's provision of quality healthcare benefits and living for senior citizens .
An ageing population is often viewed negatively by the developed countries where they are economically driven .
In order to cope with the ageing population that pulls down or hinders economic development , more physically capable and young workforces are required in the society .
If fail to fulfil this requirement , this will lead to more financial strains such as increased tax imposed on the societal or company working groups .
This can cause more societal issues such as lower satisfaction of working groups towards the government , decreasing birth rates where people can not afford the children 's expenses of their upbringings and educational fees , which adds on more burdens and worries for the government .
Overall , rising life expectancies can be considered as a pro and con for the country .
Pro , in terms of the intangible aspects such as emotional and mental development of the future generations and contribution to a country 's well reputation .
Con , on the other hand , in terms of tangible aspects mainly in the economic drive and desire of the nation for the sustainability of their economic position and reputation in the world .
The increase in life expectancy globally can be challenging and yet an achievement when the problems of humans can be medically disturbing .
These few problems were taking a toll on human lives over the years when they were over 60 years of age .
Most of the illnesses lie with mental illness , musculoskeletal pain , sight and hearing loss .
It is a challenge where this illness ca n't be easily avoided by any person in such a stressful lifestyle in any place in the world .
Medical advances which help in curing this illness are also getting better over the year , which helps in the rise in life expectancy .
When a person grows old , the medical needs of a person increases over the years relative to the age of a person .
The number and types of illnesses also increases relative to the age too .
This is particularly seen in many parts of the world .
As the amount of stress , the types of food mixed with chemicals and the quality of living in terms of environment were getting worse .
A variety of medical needs are required to help increase the life expectancy of any human .
More challenges also include the environmental challenges that are seen over the years .
With the rate of environmental damage , we can see that the lifestyle of a normal human being has to be changed .
These changes and damages also increase the chances of contacting more illnesses as we age .
Therefore the challenge is that we need to maintain or improve the state of living is a huge challenge .
The ability to eliminate the illness is considered as an achievement as this proves that the ability of the human race to research and develop the medical ability to solve and eliminate the harm that is able to take the life of a human away at an earlier age .
This ability is not seen 40 years ago when the technology advances are not as good as it is now .
All these technological advancements also help to improve the lives of the human race in terms of improving the lifestyle , environment and medical ability .
Therefore , achieving such great fret , in these areas , is considered as an achievement where human lives are then improved and extended the life of us .
Moreover , achieving the near impossible to eliminate all the illnesses such as cancer and diseases is the greatest achievement for the human race .
This step needs the ability to take a long time of research to make it possible .
Much more could have been done to reach the stage of extending the lifespan of human beings .
In conclusion , we can see that in order to solve the challenges such as the amount of illness that could be growing over the year , the damage to our living environment and stresses that are always building in the city life .
There is always a way out where the achievements were done by humans who used their time to help most people improve their basic needs and life for the living and extension of our life expectancy .
Rising life expectancies can be considered both a challenge and an achievement .
We should separate it into two aspects .
The first one is that rising life expectancies can be considered a challenge .
The second one is that rising life expectancies can also be considered an achievement .
They are not contradictory to each other .
In my opinion , the challenge interception is to make comparison in the cross direction , which is comparing the current situation with the assumed situation .
On the other hand , the achievement perceiving is to make comparison in the wire direction , which is comparing the current situation with the historical situation in the past .
So , in the following , I will clarify these two different views for rising life expectancies .
For the first part , rising life expectancies is a challenge .
We should imagine that when life expectancies are raised , this will mean that the average age for the population in nation wise or globally is also rising .
The number of the older people will increase to make the average life expectancies higher .
For these older people , the society needs man power and all kinds of resources to provide a better life for them .
Sometimes , older people need more power and resources than normal young people .
However , these older people usually contribute less or nearly have no productivity for the society .
We have to say that the older people are becoming a black hole in the entire society in terms of man power and resources .
So the dilemma takes place when there are more people who have a higher age .
Not only has the family members of the old people , but also the government needs to spend a lot of effort to handle such situations .
This is the interpretation of challenge for rising life expectancies .
Secondly , rising life expectancies is also an achievement .
The achievement is some kind of a comparison with the history of the past .
In the ancient times , due to the less development of science and technology , people had less medicine or medical equipment and took less care of their health .
Hence people died of various diseases .
On the other hand , there are not sufficient materials or ways to improve people 's daily lives .
People do not know how to protect their teeth from becoming decayed teeth .
These small things make the quality of people 's lives less enjoyable than today .
A bad mood can not give them a longer time of life .
Due to all these reasons , people have died quite early , which results in a low life expectancy .
So , the mark for how long is the life expectancy is indicating how well people are living .
In that sense , rising life expectancies can be considered as an achievement .
From these points , we ourselves should be glad that we can live longer and enjoy a better living environment .
Besides , we should not forget the responsibility of our shoulder , the older people .
We should try our best to take care of them as if we are the ones who are old .
In such a situation , the society can develop in a harmonious and healthy way .
We just take the challenge and enjoy the achievement .
As the world is at the turning point of entering into a stage where people are constantly and notably older than before , how to make life easier , comfortable and healthy has been shed light on .
Life expectancy is a figure that reveals the average lifetime and can be used as an indicator to measure up to what degree is the population ageing problem .
However , there are situations where we have to consider rising life expectancy as a challenge and an achievement .
Rising life expectancy is a challenge in the sense that it is highly dependent on the development of medication .
There are a series of diseases that hinders longevity .
Cancers , as a major group of killing diseases , are often beyond current medication to get fully healed .
Once cancers are too late to be discovered , one is deemed to die at a later stage .
Other diseases such as mental disorder and heart trouble are also top killers ; the current medication does have methods to treat the patient , but risks still come along .
Apart from diseases themselves , deficiency in medication system coverage and inefficiency during the treatment process can also restrict the lifespan of the patient .
Patients in many developing and less developed countries , especially African countries , are suffering from simple and easy-to-heal diseases such as cold and flu and probably at the end of the day it becomes the end of their lives , albeit they could have been treated well if they were in a country where the medication system has been completed and doctors and nurses are standing to cure these people .
To raise life expectancy , one of the questions is how to upgrade the current medication system .
Governments should help encourage breakthroughs as well as complete medication systems .
Rising life expectancy is also an achievement .
Development of technology is making our lives easier and more comfortable .
Compared with the world of ancient Rome or China where almost no machines are involved , people nowadays are producing more and more merchandise in factories .
Machines have replaced a bunch of coolies and heavy labor .
Cars and trucks diminish the redundancy of long time shipment .
As a result , people have more time to enjoy the advantages of modern life .
One can easily travel to the other half of the globe to see beautiful scenery that one dreams for his lifetime .
One can also easily see his deeply loved one through the internet from miles away .
More importantly , they can share their ideas on how to keep healthy through the Internet , to make more interested people get involved and find ways to make life longer and more wonderful .
The development of technology brings people joy , making things easier and this may be one of the achievements .
In conclusion , it is delightful to observe the fact that life expectancies are rising , but one must have the idea in mind that rising life expectancies is never easy .
There are a series of problems that hinders longevity such as current medication .
But data that shows the rising of life expectancies is indeed an achievement that reveals the improvement of modern life .
As for the future , who knows ?
We are on the right track .
Probably the next breakthrough will be around the corner in the near future .
In recent years , it has been a trend that people are able to live a longer life .
This is due to improvements and breakthroughs in the realm of medication and people 's living conditions .
While it is indispudable that people achieved great success in prolonging their lives , there are social challenges posed by the rising life expectancies .
Without a doubt , the rising life expectancy is definitely a success in human history as it shows the achievements of medical industries in finding out ways and medicines to treat diseases that were thought to be incurable in the past and providing people with vaccines to prevent diseases .
The condition of the living environment has also improved so that people are able to live in more hyginic places .
The improvement in technology has also eased people 's lives by replacing all the manual labourous works with easy and simple machines .
Due to the three major factors stated above , people are no longer exposed to disease-breeding living environments , are able to cure their diseases considered fatal last time and do not need to do much labourous work .
The rising life expectancies best prove these improvements and have definitely written a new chapter on the history of human civilization .
However , as life expectancy rises , some social challenges increase as well .
As the aging population grows , the young and more energetic people are subject to supporting more people in old age .
This creates a huge social burden for them and might cause some of them to leave the country when the burden becomes unbearable .
This would result in the loss of manpower in a country .
Another aspect would be that as the young people feel it is hard to feed the old people in their families and themselves , they would choose not to give birth to any child in order to reduce the burdens on themselves .
This would result in a decrease in the birth rate of a country which is a very serious problem , especially in more developed countries as the population has already reached a minimum .
The government will be burdened by the growing aging population as well because it needs to set aside a great amount of money to provide better welfare for the old people because they are in urgent need of it .
Less money will be left to develop the country and explore new areas of business .
This would result in economic retardation and stagnation of a country .
After all , it might seem difficult to handle when the aging population of a country grows , especially in developed countries with a very small population .
However , when we look at the brighter side of the reality , the rise in life expectancy proves to be a great improvement in various realms and solve many problems we have in the past . There is hope that the aging population may transform into a helpful force to a country in the future with the help of better technology and medication .
Life expectancy can be defined as the desired level of service or better technology to make one 's life more comfortable .
People in the current era are described as demanding or having a high level of life expectancies in other words .
They are expecting better medication , healthier food , cleaner environment and so on and so forth .
However , these rising life expectancies have become a challenge and also an achievement in the population ageing .
The percentage of elderly is increasing annually according to the United Nations 's projection .
In other words , there are more elderly people who have lower productivity and more medical problems compared to younger people in this world population .
On the other hand , people demand better quality of service and advanced technology such as newer i-Pad models .
In fact , these rising demands require a stronger work force who is active and more productive than the past .
However , an ageing population is a phenomenon opposite to it .
An ageing population leads to a working force composed of a larger percentage of elderly who are lower productivity and thus are unable to meet the demands .
The second life expectancy has increased medical technology and sources .
An ageing population requires more medical sources since the elderly need more medical attention .
However , the health level of the world population shows an increasing trend due to advancing medical technology and it has led to rapid growth in the number of elderly people worldwide .
Nevertheless , provision of more medicine and better equipment as well as more medical centres is necessary to accommodate these elderly people .
Another rising life expectancy is a bigger house with a lower price which is raised by the younger generation .
An ageing population is the consequence of increasing the health level of the population .
The concurrent result is the increasing size of the population .
When the elderly live longer , their family size actually increases rather than decreases .
In addition , the younger generation is eager to start their own family at another place rather than staying together with their family .
This phenomenon increases the demand for land property and subsequently affects their price and size together .
An increasing size of population has also led to the problem of food supply .
The production of food is showing a lower growth rate compared to the population 's growth rate which will end up with insufficient food in the future .
Rising life expectancies is also an achievement for governments .
People expect more on the grounds of their current economy , life stability and desire .
For example , one would like to have an I-Phone 5 in the past but he or she will expect it to have more functions or operate at a faster speed after using it for a while .
Thus , the rising expectancies actually reflects the increasing stability and comfort of people 's lives and indirectly reflecting the ability of the government to provide people with their current comforts , economical statues , convenience and others .
Rising life expectancies is an achievement but it poses more challenges to the government and people .
All have to work hard and cooperate to deal with these challenges on the way of meeting expectancies .
Otherwise , the comfort level of life will be maintained or lowered down when the time passes or people should lower their expectancies of life .
People 's average age has become longer compared to the past .
From one perspective , medical technology has improved over the years as people now are able to treat different diseases .
From another perspective , there are more and more elderly people but less younger ones , the increase in population age has weakened the labor force and so on .
In my opinion , the increase in population age is more a challenge than an achievement .
Firstly , the population ageing can be definitely viewed as an improvement in human culture and technology .
Compared to the technology today and the past , we can see that a lot of deceases are treatable , the number of people who died because of the deceases that is not treatable decreases .
The fast development of medicine and technological products makes people 's lives much healthier compared to the past .
Moreover , the increased technologies help people to overcome different natural disasters .
People are able to predicate some disasters like the earthquake and do the prevention beforehand .
Although the increase in population ages shows that people have increased knowledge and technology , it should be considered a challenge more than an achievement .
Technology is always improving and it never stops , and the lifespan of people is getting longer as well .
Thus , we should not compare now with the past but we need to worry about future problems that are caused by this situation .
The first challenge is the decreasing number of new born .
As the population ageing is growing , as people get older , they need to be cared for by others and are not able to contribute as much as they are young .
If the number of old people is too much and there is a lesser number of younger people , it will affect the growth of the whole society as the young workers are less , and the productivity and technological improvements will be less .
At the same time , more people are needed to take care of the old ones , which gives the younger generation extra work .
The second challenge will be the shortage of natural resources .
As we know that the population of humans continues to grow year by year , we are using the non-recoverable natural resources in everyday life , for example , oil , people 's life and technology improvement are not able to continue without the usage of oil .
However , these natural resources are not renewable .
We do not consider much for our offspring .
Ever imagine one day that no natural resources are left what will be the life of our next generation .
The increase in population means that larger natural resources are needed and people have to think of some ideas like to prevent using too much natural resources .
In conclusion , the increase in population age shows both human technology achievement and the new challenges like the lack of young generation .
We have to consider more about our future generations , aware of the problem that over aging has brought to us and come up with ideas to solve these challenges .
Soon after coming into the industrial age , humans released the weapon and brought up a new technologic era .
An improvement in engineering and medical science has been valued since humanism arises .
Studies have shown that the average life span or human being rising gradually over the years , in the sense that the improvement of global technology in medicine helps humans to live longer and enjoy the world even more .
In spite of that , people should be aware that the power of science is not almighty , life will still go to their last page without revelation .
Since not all of the human beings are going to be doctors , people rely on the skills of treatment of doctors and hence , they start to ignore the maintenance of their own health .
It is needless to doubt that medical technology has improved day by day .
In the past , when people were injured or fell into sickness , there was no guarantee that the people would get well treatment and fully recovered . Therefore , people could easily die from a small disease .
With the grand medical skills we have nowadays , humans live longer and hence , a great increase in population .
It would be great if life expectancies keep rising day by day , but in reality , it does not seem to be so easy .
Firstly , although the treatment is reliable , people would still need to be aware of their own health condition .
There are millions of doctors all over the world , but there are billions of patients as well .
Nowadays , the pressure from the head of a company towards those employees caused that people have to fully concentrate on their jobs and because of that , people start to ignore their health condition and rely on treatment and supplement .
Pressure can really cause sickness , just like viruses and germs , and it is more like a chronic disease .
It is like a key that opens up the gate of the human body defend system and provides a cleared path for other diseases to attack in .
Therefore , when the era is improving itself , the disease does it too .
It is a big challenge to eliminate all the diseases in the world and keep the life span to grow as people get sick every moment .
Nevertheless , humans still need an improvement .
By comparing to the past , it is a big step forward in the development of medical science .
In the era of Warring States , warriors lost their arms or legs or even all of them .
The rest of their lives have to be relied on by their family and the financial support from the others .
Their lives are becoming meaningless and a lot of them have chosen to commit suicide without giving trouble to others .
Nowadays , things have changed .
Disabled people walk with artificial legs , men can get pregnant , even if the sex of a human can be changed just by doing simple surgery .
It is really a great achievement in enhancement of technology which should be recorded in history .
In conclusion , the reason why population ageing is increasing is due to the great improvement in global medical science .
It is a challenge but also an achievement .
Population ageing is a global phenomenon that arises in both developed and developing countries .
Average life span rose from 45 years old in 1920s to over 65 years old in 2010s .
In the social science report last year , this number will further increase to 90 years old in the 2080s due to advanced medical technology and better living standards .
Population ageing means that there are more retired old people in the society and the portion of working adults is decreased .
It may cost a higher social cost burden which may further lead to the allocation of funds to the government yearly budget .
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It is the responsibility of the government to ensure the living of old people .
Otherwise , there will be more and more people staying on the street and destroying the good view of Garden City .
In addition , it is also a challenge for governments , families and parents to educate their children about the moral of filial piety .
With the moral of filial , most of the children will take care of their parents after their retirement .
It is to prevent them from sending them to old folk 's houses and not visit them at all .
We also do not want to see the happening of worst things that parents are dropped by children along the streets and let them die themselves .
It may be a challenge but also a golden opportunity to educate their children properly to prevent the undesired outcomes .
Life expectancies have risen significantly from the past to recent in the whole world .
These are the outcomes of advanced medical technology , change of lifestyle and higher living standards .
However , among the under-developed countries , developing countries and developed countries , we found that there is longest life span in the developed countries followed by the developing countries and the shortest life span in under-developed countries .
The observation means that the more developed the countries , the longer the life span of citizens .
In other words , it can also be said that it is an achievement to obtain an ageing population .
It is proud to have the ageing population which is hard to achieve unless there are advanced medical technology and higher living standards .
Besides that , an ageing population is an important and essential thing that we can not buy in cash .
This is the experience in life time .
During work , supervisor usually asks the so-called " old staff ' to lead the newbie .
It shows that a significant case of the importance of experience .
With the existing experience , we can do the work more quickly without sacrifice the standard and quality .
It may lead to a shorter way to the decision and provide more sales and revenue for the company .
The economy of the country is boosted up and further leads to the new development and increases our living standard .
In conclusion , there are challenges as well as achievement in the rising life expectancies which we can not exclude .
Therefore , we must face the challenges and be proud of the achievement of creating a new life for our next generation .
In 1712 , Watt renovated the steam machine which increases the efficiency of the fuel .
This activity can be marked as the start of the first technological revolution .
As technology develops faster and faster over the last 30 years , people not only enjoy more and more materials but also more and more health care which provides convenience in our daily lives .
This significantly raises people 's average life expectancy .
However , as the life expectancy of people rises , the aging problem becomes more and more severe as a global phenomenon .
Studies have shown that the current average life span is over 65 .
Projections of the United Nations indicate that the population aged 60 or over in developed and developing countries is increasing at 2 % to 3 % annually .
As the rise in life expectancies can be interpreted as a measure of the pace of technology development , it can be seen as an achievement of human beings .
However , as the energy and resources are used up , more and more adult people without sufficient power to produce crowd on earth will aggravate the ageing problem , so the rise of life expectancies can also be seen as a challenge .
As we are humans who are different from other animals , we have some basic rights like right to privacy , right to live , right to have a family and so on .
Among these basic rights , the most important one is the right to live .
During the less developed times , due to disasters like droughts , floods or severe contagious diseases like black deaths , people at that time could lose their property and lives easily since they do not have enough power to protect themselves and restore their lives in a short time .
However , as technology develops , it has increased people 's mobility and productivity as well as life expectancies .
As we can use the resources with maximum efficiency , we can enjoy more and more life material than any time in human society .
Even when the disaster comes , we can restore the order of our lives in a relatively short time than before .
For example , the tsunami in Tohoku of Japan in 2011 is " the toughest and most difficult crisis for Japan in the 65 years after the end of World War II " as CNN commented .
( CNN , 2011 ) However , only one year has passed , most of the survivors have come back to their normal life although with a sad memory .
This is not imaginable during less developed times .
With the strong back support of technology , the rise in life expectancies can be seen as an achievement in the development of our human society .
However , along with the increase of life expectancies , ageing problems have become more and more severe .
Two of the most important causes of the ageing problem is the increase in longevity and declining fertility .
The increase in longevity is due to the fast development of society so as to the living pressure .
The increasing pressure will lead to a declining fertility rate .
As people who are incapable of production become more and more , our society follows a downward trend .
Moreover , as we use up more and more resources , what we have left may not be enough for us to live on if we do not have enough human resources to do research on developing new technology .
Therefore , the increase in life expectancies is also a great challenge .
As we have mentioned above , the increase in life expectancy is an achievement as well as a challenge .
In the modern world , many global issues have appeared like global warming , the concept of earth village and population .
Nowadays , population aging is becoming a problem especially in developed countries .
Now in Singapore , we can feel that there are more old people than young people if you go to Chinatown .
Population ageing has also brought us a question about whether we should raise life expectancies , it is challenging also to get some achievement .
In the first place , rising life expectancies could cause resource challenge .
In some very small and developed regions like Singapore and Hong Kong , if people still increase their lives , but for these small developed regions , the resources are very limited , especially land .
Because the land is limited , the average land for one person is very small already .
Some years ago , there was a report on Hong Kong citizens living situation , in a small room there were eight people , they could not do anything in the room , they could only sleep and the air in the room was very bad .
So increasing life expectancies will make the world population larger and more people shall have limited resources .
In the economy , we can use GDP to explain the challenge . If GDP is low , it shows that most people are living in a hard life , life quality is bad , then it will cause a terrible society problem , and at last , it will happen to society disturbance .
The reason why it will happen is because people have violated the natural regulation .
On the other hand , rising life expectancies could bring some achievements .
People 's quality of life has been better now , in order to continue improving , people have begun to consider how to raise their lives .
Because life and health are most significant , people have their own reasons to hope to live longer .
In medicine , people have done a lot of research on life science .
Also , people have begun to realize the importance of the environment and how to protect people from the harmful air .
So according to humanism , people should make a contribution to raising human life , because people should consider the feelings if one day when they become older and older , so respecting life should be considered carefully .
In addition , now there appears a contradiction that if rising life expectancies , it will lead to a resource problem .
However , based on humanism , humans are different from animals , people should respect every life .
In my opinion , I think we should study balance it well. On the other hand , we should continue to make efforts to raise human life , and on the other hand , we should consider asking some sick old men whether they want to take euthanasia .
In summary , we respect every life and also help people to live longer .
In conclusion , what I have mentioned above , although the global aging issue has become more serious on human development , if we can balance and understand why we live .
Then try to invent new energy and legitimately control population birth rate , then developing medical treatment and paying enough attention , we have reasons to trust that population aging will not be a problem at all .
Population ageing : A more and more attention-getting topic
Nowadays , population aging has become a more global phenomenon .
Subsequently , a lot of problems regarding it are arising .
Due to the rise in life expectancy and the shrink in the birth rate , the portion of the elderly portion is larger and larger .
As society develops , people have a much higher living standard , which will reduce the chance of getting diseases .
Besides , as the development of the technology , medical therapy has also made tremendous progress .
Many diseases which are incurable in the past can be cured now .
Therefore , the patient will have a bigger chance to be cured and survive .
Both of the two reasons will decrease the number of dead people annually .
On the other hand , the birth rate in many countries keeps decreasing , whose figure is the lowest record compared to previous figures .
Maybe , it is because the modern society is becoming more and more competitive , the parents are paying much attention and importance to their career .
They do not want to bother to spend so much time raising and nurturing children .
Maybe that 's one reason for the reduction of the birth rate .
The fact is that the current average life span is over 65 and the population aged 60 or over in developed and developing countries is increasing at 2 % to 3 % annually .
This survey evidently shows that big achievement has been made in the medical area and people 's living standards have improved .
It also indicates that the economy has been dramatically growing .
Yet , do not be confused by this superficial amount and achievement .
The issue facing us is more challenging and tricky .
First , if the older people increase , there will be fewer workforces that can support the society .
However , an ageing population will also increase many kinds of other expenditure .
The most important part is health care and old-age pension .
As elderly people , they need more money for health care than the younger ones .
The government should also make a bigger amount of pension expenditure .
Secondly , for the older people , more facilities and services for them should be provided .
So more manpower will be employed , which will degrade the labour in other areas .
Of course , more money will be spent .
To pay this extra money , the government will exert higher taxes on the other people .
Thirdly , compared to the young people , the security of the elderly is more notable .
Elderly people 's ability to move and act is much lower .
They will be more vulnerable to get hurt or get injured .
Therefore , some measurement and education about this should be taken by the government and the surrounding people to ensure the security of the old people .
To conclude , the population ageing phenomenon indeed shows our big achievement in economy , medical skills and living standards .
Nonetheless , the issues it brings out are more worthy to be considered .
More elderly people will bring a big extra burden to society and the government .
More facilities and services will be needed to fulfill these requirements .
Definitely , we should perform these demanded duties very responsibly and carefully .
Whereas , for the sustainable development of the country and the earth , some measures and policies should be carried out to control and change this phenomenon .
Rising life expectancies is an achievement because it is an evidence of progress in modern medical technology and meanwhile it is a challenge because it can incur the problem of a lack of work force or a large population .
It is natural that rising life expectancies is regarded as an achievement .
The goal of every species of living things is reproducing to increase the quantity of this species .
Humankind is not an exception .
People with rising life expectancies can ensure a large population and large species of human beings .
It is more secure for us because in potential sense we think with longer life expectancy it is harder for people to die out .
Rising life expectancies is also an evidence of the progress of modern medical technology .
For ancient people it was miraculous to achieve 70 years old , but now it is general .
Rising life expectancies can bring us a more skilled work force because we can delay the retirement time to extend working time for each person .
Longer working periods means the old person who is more skilled does not need to retire and no fresh men will take over .
Thus it is more efficient to keep more skilled people for a long time rather than training fresh men .
Rising life expectancies can be a challenge .
There are two possibilities .
On the one hand , if there are fewer young people and more old people , the lack of work force will arise .
On the other hand , if there are enough young people , then young people with rising life expectancies will cause a larger population .
We talked about the first possibility .
If there are fewer young people and more old people , as in both Singapore and China , when the elderly retire , there are not enough young people who can make up for the new available positions .
Thus there will be a lack of labor force , which will lead to a decreasing speed of development of the country .
Many factories will be deserted and many companies will go bankrupt , and thus people 's living conditions will definitely get worse .
The past 30-year rapid development of China is connected with a large population , but due to the " only child " policy , we have no benefits from a large population in the future .
With the low birth rate , Singapore is bringing in foreigners to maintain the population to maintain the efficiency and development of the country .
If there are more young people , then there will definitely be even more elderly with rising life expectancies in the future .
The population is large while the resources are limited , which will incur many problems such as environmental problems and inequality among people .
Expansion of population can not continue like that because the resources are limited , and we will end up dying out after using up all resources .
To sum up , with rising life expectancies , there exist both achievement and challenge .
It is a progress of human beings that we control the world and maintain our population with longer life expectancies , but it also has a potential crisis for either nation or human beings .
We can either step back to maintain the population with some methods , or step forward to search for more resources in outer space .
Population ageing is a phenomenon observed exclusively in advanced civilization . It requires at least three conditions to happen : Advanced health care systems , reduced hazards from the environment and the ubiquitous good will for senior citizens .
However , when it happens , it is hard to deny that it brings problems such as increased expenses and reduced labor to the society .
If a country can bear an ageing population , it is a thing that the country can be proud of .
In the first place , it must have grasped an advanced health care system .
Ageing problem is in essence a problem of worsening bodies .
With increasing age , people become more prone to disease and injury , and more difficult to recover .
Without advanced health care systems , aged people have a higher rate of death .
In fact , this was the major limitation of people 's average life span in the past .
With advanced medical technology , not only many diseases can be cured , but also people know how to keep themselves healthy .
If a developed health care system is increasing the positive side , it would also be helpful to reduce the negative side , which includes reducing the hazards from the environment .
Health care by far has been expensive to carry out .
If the environment is too dangerous to live in , there would not be sufficient medical resources for usage .
Such environmental hazards come from various aspects .
A major source of the hazards is pollution .
A place with heavily polluted air and water is by no means a good habbitat and will bring a lot of health problems for its residents , among which aged people and children will be harmed most .
Only if the city is safe and comfortable can people live a longer and happier life .
If the above two aspects are described as the hardware of the system , they do require a software to function , which is the ubiquitous good will for senior citizens .
When people become old , most of them join the weak group of citizens who have to live by receiving care from other people .
If a society has the most advanced medical science and the best environment , but does not grant the access to it to its senior citizens , it just does not help .
And if people in society do not want to care for their elderly , nothing will be done for them .
Only when there is an ubiquitous good will for senior citizens can the aged people live well , and that is a thing to be proud of .
With the glory , there are problems .
To take care of old people , facilities such as nursing homes should be built , which adds on to the expenses of the society .
An even larger share of the old people 's expenses lies in health care .
In addition , old people are weakened in many aspects , thus they are usually not considered as laborers .
When the percentage of old people grows larger in the population , the labor is considered to be less and each labor needs to pay more on the welfare of the old people .
In summary , the rising average life span is both a challenge and an achievement because it means the increase of the load and the advancement of society , including at least an advanced health care system , reduced hazards to the environment and the ubiquitous good will for senior citizens , at the same time .
" The weak is meat and the strong eat it " does not apply nowadays .
Advanced technology saves lots of lives which should never come to this world or should pass away .
For people , this is an achievement , but for nature , it changes its rules and cycle , which is a big challenge faced by human beings .
If anyone has ever read any fiction or stories written before the 18th century , it is very hard to find any character in those stories lived longer than 80 years old .
They may die from hunger , die from illness or just go to bed as usual but never wake up again .
In China , there is a famous saying that there are things that should be celebrated , one is red and the other is white .
Here , red thing means marriage and white means someone passing away .
The first time when I read this saying I am confused why someone passing away is a good thing that people should celebrate and later I was told that in the past , it is hard to live longer than 60 years old and even though you are very lucky to live longer than 60 years old , you will suffer a lot from illness or sadness for your young relatives passing away , so people think it is not worth celebrating .
It is very hard to understand such a feeling as people felt in the past .
Now , technology and science develops at an unbelievably fast pace .
There are lots of illnesses that are thought incurable in the past vanished in the world .
Even though people with cancer , which is still hard to cure , now have more chances to survive and have a longer time to live .
Besides illness , the improvement of technology generates more food both in quantity and in quality .
At the same time , it also frees a great amount of labor .
Now people not only can have food to survive but also enjoy high-level food and even pursue the tasty and luxurious one .
It is a break-through of technology and science , and an outstanding achievement of human wisdom .
Making use of our smart brain to improve our quality of life and give us more time to enjoy life , it sounds perfect , but we must face the reality -- there is no Utopia .
Before people find another planet to live , the earth is the only habitat for us , and hence the limit of its capacity to support living , it is the limit of the quantity of people that can live .
People 's lifetime rising means that the time of the cycle of generation rises .
Furthermore , thanks to the development of technology , the birth rate is increasing while the death rate is decreasing .
To our disappointment , now the technology is not so advanced that it can generate all human beings by using limited resources .
Moreover , the global population aging means that the total amount and quality of labor is decreasing .
Before robots can fully replace labor , the decrease in generating power indicates less creativity and less goods available for us to use .
It is such a challenge that human beings can not avoid and must solve .
The only way is to develop technology but the chance to develop is based on people 's wisdom and creativity , which is decreasing due to population aging .
The world is always fair to us .
While we are celebrating the break-through of our way to Utopia , we are suffering from a new challenge .
We can not give up what we achieved in the past and follow the natural way to die and reborn .
Therefore , the only way available for us to destroy such a balance is accelerating the progress of development so as to increase the capacity of our planet .
As the world becomes more and more advanced , people are leading a more and more comfortable life .
Moreover , life expectancies have also been raised due to the development of the economy .
However , while we are enjoying the fruits carried out for the development of the economy , we are also facing a global problem --- population ageing .
There is no doubt that this problem has become more and more serious and has gradually influenced the tendency of the population as well as the source allocation .
Therefore , rising life expectancies can be considered both a challenge and an achievement .
On the one hand , we can not deny that it is a great achievement with the rising life expectancies .
The reason why life expectancies have aroused is that we are becoming more and more clever due to evolution , and we are becoming richer and richer due to the knowledge we have learned .
Since we get richer , we have more money to use to live a more comfortable life .
Therefore , because of the great efforts we have made , we have been living a better life .
And that is what we are striving for .
So the rising life expectancies can be regarded as a proof of what we have made to combat for ourselves .
On the other hand , we have to say that obvious problems that we are facing are also caused by the rise in life expectancy .
Since we have better living conditions and higher living quality , we are leading a longer life .
This seems to be a gratifying progress at the first sight .
However , during the process of making development for our life , we have decided to reduce the rapid growth of population by adopting a measure of controlling birth so that the shortage of source allocation can also be slowed down .
This also works and we have also seen the effect .
Then there comes a problem .
Because the birth rate is reduced while the death rate is also reduced , the percentage of the elderly is increased while that of the youth is decreased .
So the population is getting more and more aged .
But the primary labor force as well as the work force is from the youth .
That is to say , the population aging has aggravated the burden of the society .
Then we can see that rising life expectancies can also be viewed as a challenge for us to face .
Taken together , we should say that the rise in life expectancies is two sided .
It has shown that we are leading a better life but we are forced to face the problem of an aging population .
However , the achievement that we have made is far more than the problems caused by the challenges .
The significance of our existence is to lead a meaningful life and combat for the development of our world .
There is no absolutely perfect way , so we have done a good job on the road .
Therefore , we need to continue on our striving to try our best to reduce the adverse impact that is carried out .
Rising life expectancies is an achievement because it clearly demonstrates that the overall quality of life is increasing in both developed and developing countries .
However , it is also a challenge because it strains both society and the environment .
It is well-known statistics that , generally , as a country develops , life expectancies increase .
This is the result of better quality of life , which is basically sufficient food and clean water , better sanitations and advanced health-care .
With sufficient food , children will develop properly into adults .
Better sanitations will result in fewer deaths by infection and significantly reduce the spread of diseases and viruses .
Advanced healthcare is also a major factor in prolonging an individual 's existence on earth .
Examples of how advanced health in the city has raised life expectancies are such as antibiotics , the cure of poliomyelitis , and better and cleaner surgical procedures .
All of these are human achievements in their own rights that have resulted in rising life expectancies , and hence they also illustrates why rising expectancies can be considered an achievement .
It is remarkable that the population aged 60 and over is increasing at 2 % to 3 % annually in developing countries as well .
It is highly plausible that the results for increase are the same as those of developed countries .
If that is true , it means that human rights and living standards are increasing in developing countries , albeit slowly .
Fewer famines , better sanitations and more access to healthcare in developing countries will be this century 's greatest achievement as a global society .
However , an aging population is taxing on a country .
Although life expectancies may increase significantly , the population 's overall productivity may not increase linearly .
They will end up putting a burden on the society as they have been contributing to their whole working career .
With falling birth rates , there will be fewer working adults in society to distribute the workload .
In addition , an aging population will require more healthcare and treatment because one 's constitution deteriorates as one ages .
The challenge is how many lives can the society and community afford to sustain themselves ; and it will only become increasingly difficult to handle .
Rising expectancies is also an environmental challenge because a better quality of life requires a lot of energy .
More food , clean water , better sanitation , and healthcare consume large quantities of energy .
An example is the modern method of intense farming .
Large quantities of energy are needed for pesticides , and to harvest and transport the food produced around the globe .
If the current quality of life has to be sustained or increased in order to keep increasing life expectancies , it will continue to have a huge impact on the environment .
The challenge will be to increase the quality of life while being environmentally sustainable .
The rising life expectancies can be considered an achievement and a challenge because it is the by-product of rising quality of life ; bringing along its glory and its dirty little secrets .
At the present time , people are more concerned about their health .
There are better health care systems to let people check their physical condition regularly , and more and more people choose organic food and eat balanced diets to make them healthier .
As a result , the current average life span is over 65 worldwide now .
By projections of the United Nations , it is shown that the population aged more than 60 is increasing at 2 % to 3 % in the developed and developing countries respectively .
The rising life expectancy is a big achievement of human beings .
However , as there is only limited space and resources on earth , rising life expectancy is also a challenge for all the people worldwide .
Rising life expectancy is a technology achievement .
Back to the ancient days , when human beings first appeared on the earth , the average life expectancy was only less than 20 .
The reasons are mainly due to the threat of fierce animals like tigers and lions , the lack of food , the lack of hygiene knowledge , and also very importantly , the lack of medicine .
With the development of society , of the past thousands of years , the technology is progressing and the concern for health is rising .
With more advanced technology in the medical area , more and more diseases can be cured so that much more deaths can be avoided .
Since people get higher education today , increasing the number of people switch from fast food to organic food and have a balanced diet so that their chance of getting cancer is lowered .
Such a situation is a major progress from ancient times and also a big achievement for all human beings .
However , since the space and resources on earth are very limited , higher life expectancy means more people will live on the earth at the same time and more fierce competition for food and space is unavoidable .
Since there are more people on the earth , more space is needed for people to live in , so that some farming land might be turned into buildings to accommodate more people .
However , the need for food is also increasing , so that the competition might become even more frightening .
What 's worse , since people are unsatisfied with the amount of space and food they have , violence might take place more frequently .
Many violence that happened in the Middle East is just due to the fight for food and water resources .
With more people living on the earth , pollution might become even serious , and as a result of pollution , the supply of food and water will decrease , so that a negative loop will occur and the problem becomes even harder to solve .
In a word , the rise in life expectancy is both an achievement and a challenge for all human beings .
Advanced technology has helped us to live longer , but the limited resources on earth is also a big challenge .
We should do our best to cooperate with each other and live on the same earth in harmony .
With the development of modern society , people live longer .
Statistics show that worldwide , the average life expectancy at birth was 66.57 years for 2009 according to CIA World Factbook 2009 .
In developed countries like Japan and Switzerland , the life expectancy can be as high as more than 80 .
Normally , people will regard extended life expectation as an achievement , and usually use such data as a measure of the development of the countries .
However , as the population is ageing , the challenges such as increased medical costs and shortage of workforce are also addressed .
In a nut shell , rising life expectancies can be considered both an achievement and a challenge .
Indeed , thanks to improved living standards and medical care , countless people 's lives have been extended .
No doubt life is the most precious treasure of human beings .
Without life , we have nothing .
In the long history of evolution , we are always struggling for life against staving and illness .
In the last two centuries , we humans have made the greatest achievements in developing our society .
We are modernized and we have gained improved living standards and medical care .
We are no longer bothered by starving and common illnesses .
In the ancient times , the residents may only live for 30 years , but now , the life expectancy can be 80s in many countries .
With a doubled life time , humans can have change to explore the real meaning of life .
There is a Chinese saying that there is nothing more valuable than to save a man 's life .
Hence , the rising life expectancies no doubt can be considered as a great achievement .
On the other hand , the aging of Population can also be a challenge to society .
When people grow old , they will be weak and get sick easily .
That is the natural law which nobody can violate .
Hence , when the ratio of seniors whose age is above 60 reaches a certain point , the challenge to the society can not be neglected anymore .
Firstly , the medical cost will rise greatly .
If the individual or family is to pay the bill , they can be bankrupt because of illness .
If the medical cost is covered by the government budget , the deficit will be a heavy burden affecting the normal operation of the government .
Second , the shortage of workforce can also endanger the development of the society .
Japan 's society is now facing a severe ageing problem , and the path of development is seriously slowed .
There has been a report estimated that in the year 2060 , only half of the population in Japan are suitable to work .
The same situation is happening around the world .
Obviously , rising life expectancies should also be considered a serious challenge .
To conclude , rising life expectancies must be considered both an achievement and a challenge .
To extend our lives is not only a symbol of our achievement in developing our society , but also a fulfillment of our original dream .
At the same time , we also need to consider the negative effects brought by the ageing population , and then find proper measures to counter these challenges .
The population ageing is now a heated expression in individuals ' lives .
These two words can be seen from various media and assessments of this social trend are of great number .
When talking about the population ageing , the media always consider it a social problem .
It is possible that population ageing can cause a lot of problems , but at the same time , it is also a symbol of improvement .
Therefore , population ageing should be considered both a challenge and an achievement .
The following are the more specific explanations .
The rising average life expectancies can surely cause some problems .
Firstly , the aging population is generally of low productivity .
It is a natural rule that when people grow older , their bodies will be less flexible and their brains will operate slower , so they will contribute less to the society .
In addition , elderly people are using the same or even more social resources , as they need more medical support and human help because of their weaker physical status .
Furthermore , to make a living , many senior citizens go back to the work field .
It will also induce many problems .
For example , these senior citizens may do their work less efficiently and this will lead to a low effective output .
To make him or her more competitive so that they can not be beaten by the younger generation , old people usually accept lower compensation or bonuses .
This may lead to the younger generation 's lower employment rate and opportunities and thus they have to live with huge pressure and lower living standards to reduce the daily cost .
Besides , the elderly with a lower salary also have to lower their living standard ; both the consequences can cause a decrease in social happiness level and drive the whole society to a less stable situation .
There are also some older people who live a rich life with their deposits and retirement compensation .
They can live a happy life , but actually to the society as a whole , it is a waste of social resources .
Also , the growing percentage of older people will cause the maintenance of many traditional thoughts and mindsets which may become a resistance to the positive social change .
Above all , the population aging will be a great challenge for the world because it affects the development of a society .
However , the growing life expectancies also mean an achievement in the human society .
Actually , living a longer life needs a lot of conditions to realize .
There are many factors which will result in the death of people , such as natural disasters , accidents , diseases or suicides .
Long life span for the individual himself is a great achievement which indicates he or she is brave enough to face the life full of problems .
For the whole society , rising life expectancies are a symbol of more advances in science and technology , especially in the medical field , a better social environment and a safer world .
Therefore , humans need to appreciate a longer life span and consider it as an achievement .
Every coin has two sides .
The rising life expectancies are like a two side sword to the modern world .
It can cause many problems but it also means a lot for human beings .
What we can do now is to try hard to solve the problems and at the same time appreciate its great meanings .
Rising Life expectancies , Not only an Achievement , but also a Challenge
According to recent research , population ageing is a global phenomenon and the current average life span is over 65 .
The rising of life expectancies is not only an achievement , but also a great challenge .
Obviously , rising of life expectancies is a mark of our achievements in terms of hospitalizing technology , insurance conditions , culture development , and our social system , which shows the improvement of people 's life quality .
Thanks to the development of technology and society , some deadly diseases in the past are curable now , and people are more aware of how to take care of their bodies .
This is a great achievement made by the generation .
At the same time , it is also a great challenge .
With the population ageing and the increasing portion of the old people , we are facing lots of problems now .
For individuals , since people 's life expectancies are becoming longer , there will be more trouble for them to take care of themselves , especially for those who live alone or have diseases and are poor .
For example , it becomes hard for them to earn their living ; they may feel lonely especially if their spouses die ; they may suffer from all kinds of diseases .
And they may not get as much attention from their family as before .
For families , certainly , the burden for young people is becoming heavier .
In China , lots of families only have one child .
That means when the child grows up , they need to take care of both parents .
One family at least should take care of four old people .
For a few groups of families , there are even up to eight old people since their grandparents are also living with them .
Besides financial burdens , they may also need to spend more energy to take care of them .
These may be too much for these young parents as they still need to look after their own children .
For the society , when the group of old people becomes larger and fewer people can work for the society , this society may lack labour .
And at the same time , these old people take up a larger portion of resources and budges of this society .
To some degree , it will delay the economic development of the world .
In addition , the society needs to figure out more policies to secure old people 's lives .
Also , the population ageing calls for a higher standard of medical treatment and technology , a higher level of civilization of our lives .
If our spiritual aspect of civilization can not match our material aspect , old people will have a tough twilight years .
Now population aging is a trend .
It is an achievement of our society , but it is also a great challenge for us to face a new situation .
Population ageing seems to be an achievement when it first happened .
In the old times , people could easily lose their lives due to hunger , disease , government , war or something else .
After a country was just founded , some immature policy led to a nationwide hunger .
Millions of people could not find food to eat and ended up eating all the trees and grass which could be seen .
There were everywhere wandering people trying to find food .
Some people even eat their own dead children .
There was a saying which says that hunger can bring people back to animals .
Infectious disease is also a life killer .
Not long from now SARS , as blurry as it is , attacked people all around the world .
Since no one knew about this disease before , it spread around the whole world before humans took action .
The spreading speed was so fast that plenty of people died before knowing about it .
The atmosphere of death covered the whole world .
The expression of desperation can be seen everywhere .
The war kills a lot of people , which is not doubtful .
After going through WW1 and WW2 , the population on the earth became much fewer .
Whether it was because the technology was not developed enough or because there were wars and battles one after another , people just did n't live a long life .
Hence , as technology , especially in the medical field continues to get developed and updated , people do n't risk their lives anymore .
People are happy to see that they can finally live a long life without sacrificing their blood in battles and with more and more perfect medical insurance .
The medical equipment and staff are getting more and more popular today .
Although some countries in Africa and Southeast Asia still face a lack of medical insurance , the world in all is getting better in the field .
With modern machines and growing methods , humans do n't need to worry about the amount of food anymore .
All the achievements humans make influence the lifespan of people .
That is why population ageing can be seen as an achievement .
Population ageing is not all about the good side of the society though .
As society develops , people gradually find that population ageing causes many problems .
With more and more people not working at all and receiving allowances from the government , the society 's balance is broken .
It is difficult to keep the economy functioning well .
Times change , people change .
Many young people do n't view things like their parents used to do .
Many young people choose not to have kids or have fewer kids than before .
This problem is very common in developed countries .
With a more perfect system with the old and more modern equipment , population ageing always comes first .
The governments are seeking solutions to solve this problem .
For example , they encourage people to have more children by awarding them .
They pull up the age to retire .
No matter what measures they take , the population ageing still remains a serious problem and that is where the challenge lies .