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On the recordJuly 26, 2021
The most incisive comment I ever heard about new, disruptive technologies is it makes good things better and bad things worse.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed reflects on the dual nature of disruptive technologies and their societal impact.

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