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> Jennifer Kelly, a freelance copywriter in the picturesque New England town of Walpole, N.H., feels bad for any young people who might try to follow in her footsteps.

How many typists did word processors put out of jobs? Before, if you wrote a paper or document, you would write it out by hand in a notebook, correct what you wanted and then a lot of times pay a professional typist to quickly and correctly type it up for you. This was a lot better than trying to do it yourself, and spending many frustrating hours making mistakes and using whiteout and retyping.

You will always be able to find someone adversely affected by technology. For example, refrigeration put icemen out of work.

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