As much as I am proud that I am making a difference in the lives of a handful of girls, I attribute a lot of the positive change to technology itself.

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Economists attribute most of the stagnation in the wages of the low-skilled to rapid technological change, which has increased the demand for (and emoluments of) skilled workers and has made life harder for those without skills.

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But the most important shared attribute: when any of these groups are activated , they express a collective will to change the status quo.

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