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How Can We Leverage Our Human Potential
at 23:36
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We have to leverage our human ability with technology, but it is important to realize that the tools used to increase productivity have to match the size of the market.
[Editor's summary] If you need to plow a veggie patch, you do not need an industrial tractor, but neither will you able to efficiently plow a field with a single shovel.
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