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For decades, technologists, futurists and even our favourite science ficti has been predicting that technology will do away with the drudgery of work, take care of our basic day to day needs and create a world where scarcity will be a thing of the past.
The media has been focused on the economic impact of these new tech advances, but we should be asking a different question. Who will we be in an age of plenty?
By BBC Radio 44.5
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For decades, technologists, futurists and even our favourite science ficti has been predicting that technology will do away with the drudgery of work, take care of our basic day to day needs and create a world where scarcity will be a thing of the past.
The media has been focused on the economic impact of these new tech advances, but we should be asking a different question. Who will we be in an age of plenty?

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