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Wide availability of advanced technologies

The idea of modern technologies implies its easy availability to anyone. This is totally wrong to speculate that the best and most advanced things are designed for the social elite. On the contrary, any company aims to earn handsome profits that are ensured by low costs of services and products. In this context, developers compete for how to make a product cheaper, i.e. affordable to a large number of consumers. This principle makes modern technologies available to anyone. Here is an example from medicine. Nowadays, scientists make human organs for transplantation through 3D printing technology. Such costs are greatly cheaper than real biomaterial. Another argument for such innovation is that it takes a much shorter time to make, for instance, an artificial kidney than to wait indefinitely for a suitable donor. No doubt, printing body parts is sure to be the next step in organ transplantation.

Unlimited number of vacancies

The Internet has created equal opportunities for everyone. Nowadays, all people are capable of learning and working regardless of their individual features and racial group. A person may find out that his/her job is in low demand in a home city but teleworking is a good solution. Besides, the Internet opens unlimited opportunities in education. Thanks to web resources, anyone can learn anything free of charge. In a nutshell, a person needs a cool idea to found one’s own business. Investment can be obtained through the Internet. The most important is that people reveal a thirst for knowledge and have ambitions to expand their professional skills. At present, the choice of one’s own profession depends on one’s wish and willpower rather than on circumstances. Internet technologies are a convenient tool for intellectual development and extra earnings. For example, the number of IT specialists who are involved in intellectual work is soaring year after year. The amount of such jobs has already topped 1 billion worldwide. This number was 4 times smaller 8 years ago.

Artificial intelligence to enter all economic sectors

Many analysts are betting on artificial intelligence flooding almost all sectors of the economy. Nowadays anyone can notice a rapid process of its adoption in various fields of human life. It will be successfully incorporated into such spheres as healthcare, biomedicine, entertainment, education, logistics, manufacturing, etc. Artificial intelligence creates ample opportunities. It can provide a person with new knowledge and succeed in such fields where the human mind has to admit its limitations, for example, in analyzing a mine of digital information. In fact, it could encourage a further intellectual development of humans themselves as all aspects of human labor are getting more complicated. In the meantime, artificial intelligence is a quality tool for forecasting different events and their consequences.

Modern people are not as free as in past

Of course, modern technologies and artificial intelligence are not capable yet of manipulating human will. They are unlikely to do this in the near future. But marketing technologies have already reached such a level that they cope well to attract and retain the attention of consumers. Can the promotion of certain content on the Internet be considered a manipulation of human will? Experts tend to answer yes. Thus, apps and social media call into question a person's free choice. However, this problem can be solved by uninstalling the program. Many questions also arise about those companies that collect and analyze various kinds of data. How the collection, storage, and analysis itself are carried out is a mystery. Maybe that's why such companies often have problems with legislation. Looking back, Facebook was involved in such scandals. The popular social platform from time to time is accused of leaking confidential information. No one wants to be spied on like in China. However, Internet users fear that all amassed confidential information could fall into the wrong hands and could be used to harm people. It is very difficult to determine the fine line beyond which a person's freedom is exposed to surveillance.