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Ubiquitous human computing will transcend geography

Originated by Jonathan Zittrain

Renowned Cyberlaw scholar Jonathan Zittrain talks about how ubiquitous human computing, which he describes as the ability to treat the human mind as a fungible resource, has enabled companies to attack any number of problems by throwing more minds at them the way they might throw servers at a website traffic problem.

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