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/^t/One only needs to take a look around to see that the world we are living in is the future already. To get to Peking from Warsaw, the distance of 7500 kilometres, within 8 hours is not a problem today - supersonic aeroplanes make it possible for us. Thanks to mobile phones one is available at any time. Through a network of computer connections people have access to huge databases of computerised information that they are able to obtain in a split second. With computers used in every field of life, we are in fact on the brink of a computerised future. As our society becomes more technologically sophisticated, we can shop without leaving the house even by means of electronic supermarkets. However, those who boast of blessings of civilisation and conquests of science are usually unaware of the negative impact science, technology, and industrialisation have had on us. Despite of all benefits we derive, disadvantages of technological development do remain evident - a gradual decline in social life and a progressing loss of creativity seem inevitable in the modern world. Moreover, as scientific inquiry provides answers to every question, hardly anything nowadays remains unanswered. Thus, nowadays people live their lives being deprived of dreaming and imagination.