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Here are experts' predictions about the scary and promising digital future

Here are experts' predictions about the scary and promising digital future

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SALT LAKE CITY — Is complete digital immersion a good thing or a bad thing for humanity?

Depends on whom you ask.

Nearly half of the 1,150 experts who weighed in on that question told Pew Research Center that we'll all be better off over the next 10 years — thanks to technology.

Another 32 percent weren’t so sure, believing tech will harm, more than help future generations, while 21 percent said they saw little change, according to a new report, “The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World.”

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