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/^t/First of all, surprisingly enough, though automatization is meant to make your life easier, it is often the other way round. Computer may be a good example. The fact that it gives you plenty of advantages, such as saving your time and your brain, is unquestionable. However, only if you are familiar with this miracle of our century and are able to operate it, can you enjoy its conveniences. Knowing nothing about computers together with realizing that you will not get a job unless you obtain the ability of operating them very often turns out to be a paralising mixture: people are too scared of the new and the modern to get accustomed to it.