We are living in the age of the tech economy, in which the confluence of technology and economic forces is reshaping entire industries and disrupting life as we know it.
Disruptive innovation is hardly new. In the 18th century, for instance, the advent of the steam engine allowed production to be mechanised for the first time.
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