<span>Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility — probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across his room — crawling over the ceiling was out of the question — but this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening.
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You would use a comma. The semi colon acts when both what is in front and behind it can stand alone as a sentence. “With technology in the hands of so many people” does not make sense standing alone.
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Life is your correct answer