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Will our jobs be as easily replaced as our technology?

These days, very few of us still think we are irreplaceable as employees. But what about the jobs we hold? the industry we work in? Are they replaceable?

By Caroline Marwitz | Updated on October 19, 2017
These days, very few of us still think we are irreplaceable as employees. But what about the jobs we hold? the industry we work in? (Photo: Getty)

At the first few industry conferences I attended, I sometimes caught the other attendees and reporters staring at my laptop. It was clearly a relic from another era—perhaps the same era that spawned the boom box or even the one when 8-track tapes were still cool.

But now the 10-pound laptop is gone. My new one could be lifted with one finger. Almost. It’s certainly as THIN as a finger, even with the lid closed.

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