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editor's note

Dear readers,

In the scene above, kids in a tent in Mongolia watch a video about ... what else ... Norwegian reindeer. The adorable image is one of the honorees in the website Rest of World's photo contest. The theme: how technology is transforming our world. 

"It's impressive how dependent we've become on these devices," Kate Bubacz, head of visuals for Rest of World, says. "It's easy in everyday-to-day life not to notice it."

In our story, writer Vicky Hallett noted: "The images from the contest are a reflection of these changes, which are simultaneously promising and threatening."

Read the story (and see the pictures) here.

Marc Silver,
Editor, Goats and Soda

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