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Ed Markey: The technology is neither good nor bad. There is a Dickensian quality to that technology.

On the recordSeptember 17, 2013
The technology is neither good nor bad. There is a Dickensian quality to that technology.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the dual nature of technology and its societal impact.

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