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/^t/Our modern world is today, in almost every respect, in the grasp of technology. High above the earth, thousands of satellites orbit the globe. Some control the world's radio, television and telephone transmissions; other from a global positioning system tell ships and aircraft exactly where they are at any given moment. Below, on the ground, countless numbers of computers keep our water running, our electricity flowing, our transporting moving - in short technology keeps our society operating more efficiently than it has ever done in the past. However, the adventages we enjoy as a result of technology come at a price: increased violence, dehumanization and the dangers of high-technology terrorism. Advanced technology brings a lot of adventages and should be continued, but it also should be, at least to some extent, controlled. Then, people would not have to afraid of what they created themselves.