We are never far away from developments in technology.
Think how much has our life changed over the recent years and how much have we come to depend on technology. We would die today if we were to be without our mobile, our smart phone, with its multitude of different usages.
A person who has been locked away even for as little as ten years would find it very difficult to adjust to today's world and all that we have come to regard as normal - from online banking, to bus tickets to online shopping. And no doubt many more applications of technology which we have come to consider as usual and normal.
But while such developments have contributed to make the world more interlinked, and life easier to live, the developments do not come without some anxious moments.
This week, for instance, some news stories have speculated that Facebook, yes that happy development that has made the world a global village of friends, listens in to users.
Prof Kelli Burns has denied saying she believes Facebook is listening to people's conversations via the microphones on their smartphones.
In a news story that went viral last week it was reported that she had said key words around her phone which then appeared on Facebook.
Despite her later denials, the story stuck - more so when it was explained this was not so far-fetched as one would have thought but really feasible.
We live in a world where we live in daily fear of being hacked - of an unknown assailant, maybe from the other side of the world, who breaks down the walls protecting our identity, stealing our accounts or even making our acquaintances believe we have sent them some nasty messages.
All this is true, but equally true is the fact that technology can simplify our lives to an extent previously thought impossible.
The fact itself how newspapers are produced today is, for instance, far simpler than they were just some 30 years ago when hot lead used to be used, with movable type and laborious composition. Today, most of those dreary processes have been replaced by computers.
For all the boasts that we are in the forefront of technology, other countries, even towns have leapfrogged us and are now far ahead of us.
The Spanish city or Zaragoza has been called 'the smart city' because of a wonderfully integrated system which facilitates so many functions all unlocked by a single identity card.
In many places around the world, it will soon be possible to make purchases just by pointing a smart phone at the purchases and all will be registered on one's bank account.
We now have Walmart coming up with delivering supplies by means of that other technological innovation which is Uber.
And other supermarkets have toyed with the idea of sending supplies by means of drones.
Technological progress is wonderful, as long as it is harnessed to improvements in people's lives.