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Can innovators build a future that's both disruptive and just?

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imageBicycles fueling change in KenyaThomas Mukoya/Reuters

Today – October 30 – MIT’s Media Lab celebrates its 30th anniversary.

The Media Lab is a place that takes very seriously the idea that we can invent a better future and have it spread around the globe. It’s a place that’s helped invent things that are very serious,...

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