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The Electric Swiss Army Knife

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Oct 12, 2012
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With apologies to Victorinox, the mobile telephone is fast becoming the Swiss Army knife of technology, a cheap, versatile device that just about anybody can use for what seems like an infinite number of uses.

In doing so, cellphones are dramatically altering society. Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of the UN Millennium Project, has…

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