What would the world be like without cancer? Fewer deaths? Cheaper NHS? More pain free lives?
Cancer is a very insidious disease. It creeps up on you, it may stay in your body for a while, but when you eventually find it, it maybe too late. Unfortunately before I was born I lost my grandma to pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumour that forms on the pancreas, the prognosis of pancreatic cancer is regarded as very poor, with less then 5% of the carriers living more than 5 years with the disease. Moreover it is usually secondary cancer that is the main killer in other types of well known cancers; the original cancer, e.g. in a breast, is eradicated through chemotherapy or radiotherapy. However the cancer may have already spread to other parts of the body, which cannot be treated and therefore proves to be terminal. Additionally recent studies show that cancer directly affects 1 in 3 people, that means out of every 3 people, one of them will either have a family member or a close friend that has had cancer.
What would the world be like without racism? More peace? Less wars? More equality?
In the world racism is everywhere; it has caused many a problem. In my opinion it is racism that has fuelled terrorism across the world, with governments making inaccurate comments about other countries which could be seen as racism. Terrorist groups/extremist groups then act on the comments that have been made. In addition I find there are a lot of sly acts of racism. From being brought up in Bradford - a population where the majority is of a Muslim faith – racism is a well talked about topic. The racism is usually stereotypical; many people think that if a person is the same colour as a bomber for example then they must be a terrorist as well. This is not the case. Racism has divided families, towns even countries. Until fairly recently in some part of the USA black people could not attend the same schools or travel on the same buses as white people. That’s not very united for the United States of America. Without racism there would be a lot less violence, a lot less hatred and far more peace in the world.
What would the world be like without death? Overpopulation? Never having to say a final goodbye? Would graveyards be a thing of the past?
I think death should go in there because it is not a pleasant experience for yourself or other people. When someone close to you dies it is a very traumatic experience. Even after their death, it isn’t over then; there are still images of the person that will never go away, and the fact that you will never see that person again. In addition after their death you have to sort out things like funeral services, their will and other costs. If there wasn’t death in this world there would be a lot less pain and guilt around. Usually when someone dies everybody feels guilty, that it was their fault why they died, and from this guilt it may lead to depression all caused from a death. What is it that most people are scared of about dying, is it the feeling? Is the feeling of losing everyone you know? The fear of what happens once you’re dead? What about the ones you leave behind, how will they cope? Whatever it is it isn’t an enjoyable experience.
If nobody died there would be more land available for the growth of the population, CO2 emissions would decrease and you would live through history.
What would the world be like without sleeping? Tiredness? Greater work productivity? Less unemployment?
I put sleeping in this list because as you only get one shot at life why should you be spending nearly 36% of your entire life sleeping. Imagine the amount of extra things you could do with that extra time. Of course it doesn’t help that you naturally get tired, but what if there was some sort of machine or bed or mask that you put on that didn’t make you tired, you put it on for an hour or so then you’re fully functional for 23 hours of the day! More jobs would be created due to the entire world working 24 hours a day this would lift more people out of poverty and be less of a financial burden to governments. There would be time to work and play. Holidays would be absolutely fantastic doing what you really enjoy all the time and not wasting a minute through sleep.
