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Why the Fut ure Does Not NeedUs?The article, " Why the Future Does Not Need Us ?" was written by William Nelson Joy, an American computer scientist of Sun Microsystems. In his article, Joy warned against the rapid rise of new technologies. He explained that 21st-century technologies are becoming ver...

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