How have developments in communications and information technology changed the way we live today?

It is important to mention that technology has changed not only how we lived today but also how many generations before us lived. Communications and information technology has in fact had an impact of the way we live as far back as the nineteenth century. A number of writers have pointed out, for example, that the world has been linked by steamship lines since the mid nineteenth century, by telegraph wires since the late nineteenth …

…in encryption and the emergence of digital currencies. In conclusion CIT gives one geographically boundless electronic means of creating and transmitting financial and other numerical data at a speed and on a scale never seen before. This is not to mention the numerous recreational possibilities of these technologies for the entertainment of adults and children alike. In short it is the main driving force behind globalisation, has a major impact on the way we live.