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Complete PICLE corpus of essays by Polish advanced EFL students (330,000)

/^t/Those holding an optimistic view towards the future of the civilisation argue that the power of human intelligence that has created a sophisticated science and technology will also tackle bad effects this development might ever bring. To illustrate, they believe that developing technology will find ways to reduce the harmful influence of pollution. The optimists also maintain that the progress of medical research will eventually discover means of treating the majority of modern plagues. Looking back at the development of civilisation during the last few decades, they conjecture that future decades will bring humans more comfortable and longer lives.