And technology is changing the world more rapidly now than ever before, disrupting the status quo and shifting how hierarchies are formed and the relationship between people and the organizations and institutions that they interact with.

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The point is focus in a time when mobile technology is dramatically and quickly changing the computing world, said Holzle.

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Yoon focused on how the world of technology and globalization is changing everything for business.

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Staying on top in the fast-changing world of technology is hard, too.

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What these guys who are deeply immersed in changing the world all realize is that the time is now to apply technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship to address our urgent national problems.

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In comparison, he has stayed away from some technology and social media companies like Twitter or Facebook, which operate in a fast-changing world where the future is not clear to him.

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