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Scientists from the University of Vermont, Tufts and Harvard said they have discovered an entirely new form of biological reproduction different from any animal or plant known to science.

Technology doesn’t have to exploit workers, it doesn’t have to mean robots are coming for all of our jobs. These are not inevitable outcomes, they are human decisions, and they are almost always made by people driven by a profit motive.

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Ultimately, the better advice for workers seeking to avoid “disruption” is to become the agents of disruption themselves.