Toefl Essay #2: Global Union!

In the 21^st century, there are many ongoing changes within the society, such as development of science technologies, growing populations, changes in several ecosystems and other many factors are the cause for such changes. In the past, there were also many changes within a society. For instance, there were two world wars in 20^th century and industrial revolution in the 19^th century. In this century, I insist that 21^st will become an era where each society is hugely dependent on other parts of the globe. This is because increasing number of people is becoming aware of social issues around the globe, and because many countries have to solve environmental problems by cooperation.

To begin with, each society will become more dependent on each other since many people get to know the various social issues. Advancement of technology greatly impacted this. According to a research, one billion people are already online and this figure is expected to double within a decade or so. There are also 2.5 billion using cellphones and the number of people using smartphones is rapidly increasing. Due to this, many incidents such as coups in Africa are quickly delivered to many people across the world as people upload the news on Facebook or other social network services. Moreover, as aero technologies have been developed, more nations can watch over other countries through satellites. As social events are quickly spread through quickly developing social networking systems, many people will be more aware of what is happening around the globe.

Moreover, many countries have to be dependent on each other because of the growing attention on environmental problems. There are many factors that commit to this, such as the rapid depletion of fossil fuels, expensive cost for developing renewable energies and the Brazilian government trying to destroy the crucial Amazon forest. Therefore, many countries are holding treaties on developing renewable energies and co-researching on technologies which are beneficial to the future of earth. Not only that, but also many countries are holding treaties for the safety of their nation, mainly because environmental problems effects worldwide. For instance, when there was nuclear accident in Japan, it even affected the western part of America. To sum up, many countries are holding increasing number of treaties, such as economical funding or protecting their nation. Thus, it is reasonable to argue that many countries are becoming more dependent on each other in environmental issues.

To conclude, the 21^st century led the globe to be more dependent with each other. This is because many people have become more aware of the social issues, and because there are growing consideration with environmental issues, which is a global problem. As technologies are undergoing rapid development, and as more and more people realize the seriousness of the environmental problems these days, I strongly believe that Earth would become extremely connected.

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