CAE writing task

Which aspect of our daily lives has been affected most by technology?
· Communication
· Relationships
· Working life
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Nowadays it is crystal clear that technology has affected the way we live in great extent. From the way we enjoy things like films and music, to new sources of entertainment provided entirely by new technological possibilities, our lives have been benefited (or doomed) by ongoing developments that claim to make our lives ‘easier and simpler’ – Why ‘simpler’ is good, I don’t know. But which aspect of our daily lives has been affected most by technology?

In ancient times, our ancestors used to communicate mouth-to-mouth, travelling to meet important people whenever it was possible or sending letters if the issue could be solved that way. Now, we continue to do such things, just in a different way. We communicate mouth-to-mouth, but over copper cable. We continue travelling to meet people, but in faster ways. And so we send letters, now called emails. Although it is utterly true that emails are no more popular amongst youngsters, now there are faster ways to talk – better said, to babble - with mates, of course, using portable phones. Anyway, youngsters have always had their own ways to hang out; the most disruptive change caused by technology has been nowhere but in the work field.

In the working life, technology has procured lots of improvements, although not all of them have been welcomed at equal degree. Some of them have made life easier for all, like Skype job interviews, digital copies of important files, computer-guided processes, only to mention some of them. But what about machinery? Machines come in handy when dealing with microsystems like microchips and some other miniatures which require of precise handwork but it is also true that their full integration in fields like the cloth industry has cost lots of jobs.

All in all, technology affects the way we live in aspects that we don’t even realize, but we must be aware: technology is not always there to help us.

By Diego Fenollar