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         Kevin Kelly is a executive editor and resident techno-optimist who believed that technology at the time was actually going to improve how people work through society. While Patrick Sale believed that is was going to be economies down fall. They made a bet, of 1,000 dollars, that in 25 years that if any of their theories were true that one would receive 2,000 dollars. In the article, Sale cited that, "an economic disaster that would render the dollar worthless, causing a depression worse than the one in 1930; a rebellion of the poor against the monied; and a significant number of environmental catastrophes." Kelly stated the opposite, and believed that technology was not going to interfere with climates change and natural disasters. In 2020 Sale's was in fact wrong and it was ordered that Kelly receive 2,000 dollars. And I agree with the verdict technology has changed in many ways since then and even now. people use technology now to host meetings online, take polls or even transfer money, a lot quicker. In the next 25 years I believe there will be more improvements to technology. I think there will be changes in phones and computers. Like a better way to use them or have easier access to.