People now have the freedom to work and live anywhere in the world due to the development of communication technology and transportation. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

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Due to the technological advances including, communication and transportation, workers
has actually gained
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have actually gained
liberty to
work
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and stay at any preferred location. In my opinion,
it has more more
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it has more
benefits like flexibility and convenience over its disadvantage like stress.
To begin
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with,
advance
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advanced
technical tools like, email and
skype
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Skype
, can let anyone
to be
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be
in touch with office teams and complete the task, irrespective of their location.
This
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means, professionals can
work
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from home and can spend more time with family and
finishes
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
ends
up the task assigned to him. To illustrate, one of my
friend
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friends
who works for ABC Inc., usually takes
work
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from home
upto
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up to
5 days per month if needed. What is more, nowadays, people are able to travel
upto
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up to
quite a long distance to
office
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the office
due to
convenient
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convenience
and improved travelling option like
carpooling
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and Metro in big cities. Since travelling
by
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from
with
these is quite fast and convenient to reach
workplace
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the workplace
, people prefer to travel long distance and stay with family rather staying near to the office.
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, 30% workforce of Gurgaon comes from out of the city
everyday
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every day
by travelling almost 40 kms.
On the other hand
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, few drawbacks like stressful family life and less time for recreational activity would arise, if one over use the above mentioned advancement.
Firsty
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Firstly
First
, often
work
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from home might disturb the family life of the person which could lead to stress among partner.
Secondly
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, when people travel for a considerable about of duration, it
become
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becomes
hectic and leave the person with no or less time to carry out any recreational activity like exercise or yoga. To conclude, technical advancement has made people more liberal in terms of working and living. It certainly has more
upsides
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up sides
like
flexibility
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the flexibility
and ease to
work
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from and live
anywhere
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anywhere, however
however
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, some minimal drawbacks like fatigue.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • communication technology
  • transportation
  • advantages
  • disadvantages
  • freedom
  • work and live
  • development
  • increased job opportunities
  • flexibility
  • work-life balance
  • cultural exposure
  • diversity
  • economic growth
  • globalization
  • social isolation
  • loneliness
  • loss of community
  • sense of belonging
  • expensive cost of living
  • housing
  • strain on infrastructure
  • resources
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