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/^t/First of all, there are more and more people who complain that they can't find themselves in the modern era. Sociologists claim that the increase of loneliness, depression and frustration, in a vast degree, is caused by the "automation of life". Computers, TV sets make people stay at their houses. Thanks to Internet they are able to meet somebody from the second end of the world, while they do not know a neighbour living next door. Less and less people find it necessary to visit their friends or relatives while they can easily use the phone. That is why so many people hate automation and would rather stop the progress.