"I am optimistic by nature. However, every technology or gift of science has a dark side. Being digital is no exception.
The next decade will see cases of intellectual-property abuse and invasion of our privacy. We will experience digital vandalism, software piracy, and data thievery. Worst of all, we will witness the loss of many jobs to wholly automated systems, which will soon change the white-collar workplace to the same degree that it has already transformed the factory floor. The notion of lifetime employment at one job has already started to disappear."
Nicholas Negroponte
"Being Digital"
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