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Exploding Technology Recorded May 21, 2000 G U E S T [S] :
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MODERATED BY:
Richard Friedhoff, Grace Cathedral Trustee
Technology: the key to our future or the key to our destruction? The overbearing and in-your-face tech craze has hit us like an asteroid from space. Whether you like it or not, it's here to stay, resistance is no longer an option in this century. Bill Joy, one of the founders of Sun Microsystems, gives us his predictions of where technology is headed and how it will continue to reshape our lives and the way we think.
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