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" We will hear more regrets from founders of tech companies about the addictive technologies they have launched. "

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" The hope is that we'll continue to create jobs for the vast majority of people. But if the situation arises that this is less and less the case, then we need to rethink, how do we make sure that everybody can make a living? "

" Humanity is about to face perhaps its greatest challenge ever, which is finding meaning in life after the end of 'In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.' "

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" Everything that humans can do a machine can do. "

" Recognition by one's peers is the goal of every scientist. "

" Dating back at least as far as the Luddites of early 19th-century Britain, new technologies cause fear about the inevitable changes they bring. "

" We cannot shirk responsibility from concerns for the welfare of the next generation. "

" The stabilizing influence of the modern social welfare state emerged only after World War II, nearly 200 years on from the 18th-century beginnings of the Industrial Revolution. "

" Offshoring is like the winter. You don't ask if it is good or bad - you ask what do you do about it. The answer is you dress warmly. "

" What people are now realizing is that this formula that technology destroys jobs and creates jobs, even if it's basically true, it's too simplistic. "

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