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title: "Let’s Stop Scaring People About Technological Change"
date: "2020-10-27"
issues: ["Emerging Technologies"]
authors: ["Robert D. Atkinson"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2020/10/27/lets-stop-scaring-people-about-technological-change/"
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# Let’s Stop Scaring People About Technological Change

Though many pundits catastrophize about the rapid acceleration of technological change, the reality is that this change is occuring no faster than in prior periods. Writing in American Compass, Rob D. Atkinson argues that slowing down tech innovation would be hurt average American workers the most.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2020/10/27/lets-stop-scaring-people-about-technological-change/*