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Ufo, robots and four unlikely motley crew members will fight to save the world from the rise of the robots before 2012 is over. As labour becomes uneconomic relative to machines, purchasing power. Jan 21, 2009 a millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history. Winner of best business book of the year awards from the financial times and from forbes lucid, comprehensive, and unafraidan indispensable contribution to. Isaac asimovs robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a new york city detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together.
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