Opponents see the emergence of the new digital era as an enormous burden placed upon them. Some may argue that by creating a new industry, the computer industry, that there is a whole new arena for crime. Software piracy, data theft, and computer "hacking" are now new areas for criminals to exploit. Enormous amounts of money must be spent to police the new crimes that have come from these new crimes. However others would argue that these costs are negligible compared to the enormous benefits that these new technologies have given us and have

Because of the new digital and technological era that we have developed over the past twenty years we have dramatically changed the rules of the game of life. Life may have become easier, more and more technological devises are running parts of our lives for us, but at a cost? Are we continuing to loose something as people's lives become more and more intertwined with the digital and technological era?

yet to give us. Technology may have given criminals a new area to exploit, but also gives us the new tools for fighting it. It is a two way street, there are costs and benefits. To some the costs outweigh the benefits, to others it is the exact opposite. The basic question is whether we lead technology or does it lead us. Because of the ever growing problems that the world faces we tend to rely more and more upon these tools given to us by the new era of technology to combat it. Some would say that the cause of these problems are caused by our ever growing use of technology. We use magnetic strips in paper money to deter counterfeiting. What allows the counterfeit money to look so real? The answer is computers and sophisticated scanning and printing equipment that was not available twenty years ago. The realm of "cops and robbers" has moved into the field of high-tech.

Nobody can argue that the new

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