“ Technology, specifically the Internet, has disintermediated and disrupted entire industries. When was the last time you used a travel agent? Doesn’t everyone book their own flights and hotels online? Do you use a stock broker to buy stocks? I haven’t used a stock broker in over 20 years. When was the last time you went to a store to buy music? Does anyone have a secretary anymore? When was the last time you went into a bank and talked to an actual person? Doesn’t everyone use ATMs and bank online? All of these jobs have been severely disrupted and reduced by the Internet. Those jobs, and many more like them, are never coming back.
Don Dodge — How technology productivity kills jobs (http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2011/09/how-technology-productivity-kills-jobs.html)
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