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The Internet is making us poor, asserts Christopher Mims, science and technology writer for Quartz. "History is littered with technological transitions," he says. "Many of them seemed at the time to threaten mass unemployment of one type of worker or another, whether it was buggy whip makers or, more recently, travel agents. But here's what's different about information-processing jobs: The takeover by technology is happening much faster." Today's Question: Are you concerned that technology is making your job less secure?
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