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Man has always been a race of inventors. Ever since our ancestors discovered the wheel and thus transformed their lives forever, we have strived to create newer, better technologies to make life on this planet as easy as it can be, and I think it’s fair to say that, to a large extent, we have succeeded. To highlight this point, here are just some of the biggest ways that tech has made life easier for us all:

It’s Made It Easier to Communicate

Even just a couple of centuries ago, it was almost impossible to communicate with people on the other side of the country, let alone the planet. You’d have to rely on good old fashioned snail mail if you wanted to do so. Now, we can communicate with anyone in the world, anywhere almost instantaneously using our smartphones, tablets and laptop computers. Speaking of which, computers and laptops have come a long way. Which is to say that, on every New Startup of the computer, one doesn’t have to wait for a long time, unlike how it used to be decades ago. This has opened up a whole new world where we all know and take an interest in the lives of people vast distances away from us. It’s made us more aware of the world around us, more caring and more willing to try out other cultures.

It’s Made Us More Energy Efficient

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From grain oriented electrical steel that aids that have improved the efficiency of transformers to solar panels that have enabled us to harness the power of the sun for our own needs, it’s fair to say that technology, in recent years, has made us a lot more energy efficient, and this can only be a good thing for the sake of the planet and for us all as it becomes increasingly clear that natural resources are not finite and we must all do more to look after the earth.

It’s Changed Education Forever

Thanks to virtual reality technology, the nature of learning is starting to change forever. No more will children be forced to sit in stuffy classrooms, listening to uninspiring teachers drone on about dry facts that hold little interest to them – they’ll be able to strap on a headset and actually walk with the dinosaurs or talk to Shakespeare in old England. Although it’s probably a while before this kind of tech will be universally rolled out in schools, we are seeing an increase in immersive tech, apps and websites being used to teach everything from languages to astronomy, so it probably isn’t that far off before everyone’s doing it.

It’s Made Global Business Much Easier

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Tools like Skype, email and online banking have made it a whole lot easier for businesses to take their operations global and do so successfully., Things like Facebook and Twitter have made it easier for them to advertise in new markets too, which has been a particular boon for small businesses looking to expand on a smaller budget.

It’s Made Production Easier

Thanks to 3D printers, robotic arms and production line automation tools, it has never been easier to take that invention of yours and turn it into a real life product. Once, doing so would have been expensive, and even impossible in some cases, where the tool to create a design simply didn’t exist, but now you can do it almost immediately if you have the right tools!

Technology really is amazing, and we should all take more time to appreciate all it has done, and continues to do, for us.