Over the last half century the pace of change in the life of human beings has increased beyond our wildest expectations. This has been driven by technological and scientific breakthroughs that are changing the whole way we view the world on an almost daily basis. This means that change is not always a personal option, but an inescapable fact of life, and we need to constantly adapt to keep pace with it.

Those people who believe they have achieved some security by doing the same, familiar things are living in denial. Even when people believe they are resisting change themselves, they cannot stop the world around them from changing. Sooner or later they will find that the familiar jobs no longer exist, or that the ‘safe’ patterns of behavior are no longer appropriate.

However, reaching the conclusion that change is not the same as assuming that ‘change is always for the better’ .Unfortunately, it is not always the case that new things are promoted because they have good impacts for the majority of people. A lot of innovations are made with the aim of making money for a few. This is because it is the rich and powerful people in our society who are able to impose changes (such as in working conditions or property developments) that are in their own interests.

In conclusion, I would say that change can be stimulating and energising for individuals when they pursue it themselves, but that all change, including that which is imposed on people, does not necessarily have good outcomes.

过去半个世纪人类生活的变化速度远远超出我们的想象。这一变化是由于科技的突破推动的，这些科技进步几乎每天都在改变我们看待世界的方式，这意味着变化不总是个人的选择，而是无法回避的生活事实，而我们需要不断适应以赶上变化。

那些相信可以通过做同样的、熟悉的事情来获得某种安全感的人们是在自欺欺人，即便人们认为他们自己在抵制变化，他们也无法阻止周围世界的变化，他们迟早会发现熟悉的工作不再存在，或者行为的“安全”模式不再适合。

但是，得出变化不可避免的结论不等于假设“变化总会变得更好”。不幸的是，新事物被推动并不总是因为对大多数人有好处。许多革新的目的是为少数人谋福利。这是因为正是我们社会里有钱和有权的人们才有能力施加有助于他们自己的利益的变化（比如在工作环境或者地产发展方面）。

总之，我认为变化对于那些追逐变化的人们来说是令人兴奋，鼓舞人心的，但这并不是所有的变化都必定会有好结果，这其中也包含施加于人的变化。