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The 2012 Ideas Festival gathered scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, and other great thinkers for a week this summer.
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Andrew McAfee of MIT speaks at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival about the ability of computers to replace humans in the workforce, and what it means for our economy and our lives now and in the future. He's the author of "Race Against the Machine."
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Andrew McAfee: Principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Author of "Race Against the Machine."
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