Drones Will Upheave Society Like We Haven't Seen for 700 Years (2014)
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OgsyedIEAuthor
3 months ago
Mobile viewers will note that the article only says "Updated in 2022" in the subheading and omits the full publishing date detail. It was initially posted in 2014 with only minor differences, as archive.org attests.
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