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Digital society’s many disruptions

With digital automation set to accelerate, the spectre of jobless growth looms large. Photo: Reuters

4 min read . Updated: 22 Feb 2017, 03:48 AM IST Pradeep S. Mehta, Marc Saxer

The digital revolution will go well beyond the disruption of industries; the entire social contract will have to be renegotiated

We therefore need to broaden our understanding of the impact of the digital revolution, and start a grand debate over how to shape digital society.

Pradeep S. Mehta and Marc Saxer are, respectively, secretary general, CUTS International, Jaipur, and resident representative of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, New Delhi.

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