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DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. Some words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. 

The advent of technology has fundamentally changed our lives, but one thing is for sure The velocity of technological change will accelerate in an exponential manner with significant ramifications for all of us .Just imagine over half of the scientists and engineers who have ever lived are alive today. China adds about 6.5 million graduates every year, half of them engineers and scientists. It is not only the sheer number of “innovators”, who will, push the boundaries of science, technology and ultimately life change, but also the greater degree of inter connectivity which accelerates the generation of knowledge and creates a much more entrepreneurial environment for innovation and change.

What is particularly striking is this dimension of change. Today's technological evolution no longer solely affects what we are doing, but also who we are. Of course, the Internet is in many ways still a tool, but it has also become part of our DNA. This is true for governments (just think of Wiki Leaks), for businesses and for individuals. In some way, we are "outsourcing" parts of ourselves and this raises the question. Who owns our ‘inner most’ self our desires or our mobile phone records, capturing where we are going and with whom we are meeting. It is technology companies, our local phone providers, or is it still us‘? 

It is not only the velocity and nature of change, but also the increasing multiplicity of actors which characterises the world of  today and tomorrow. Ten years ago, the Group of Eight (G-8) countries represented more than 60% of the world’s economic power. Today,  much more than half of the world’s economic growth is produced by so called emerging countries. This multiplicity of actors not only highlights the geographic expansion and the extension of multi stakeholder impact, but it also underscores the fact that power is shifting from the top down and from the centre to the periphery leaving almost seven billion people who want to have their say and the capability to do so. 

The Geo-economic and geopolitical power shifts taking place will fundamentally change our lifestyles   equally, so too will the cultural seismic shifts that are occurring. Going forward, prevailing Western values will have to increasingly accommodate Asian values, and vice  versa. By 2025, four of the five largest economies in the world will be non-Western and close to half of the Fortune 500 companies will originate in emerging countries. This  will have a direct impact on all of  us in terms of new brands, new lifestyles and new industrial ownership structures. 

All of these accelerated trends velocity, multiplicity, inter connectivity are creating a completely new world in which the mastering of complexities will be the key challenge. Of course, the more complex the system is, the greater the risk of systemic breakdowns. 

Which of the following best describes the meaning of “push the boundaries” as used in the passage?
Options:
A) Accept the challenge.
B) Creating more competition.
C) Prove to the world.
D) Achieve the unimaginable.
E) Take technology from one area to the other.
Solution:
Take technology from one area to the other.

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