In other words, unlike the preceding wave of digital technology, which motivated firms to gain access to and deploy underutilized pools of valuable labor around the world, the driving force in this round is cost reduction via the replacement of labor.
换句话说，今次数字技术浪潮与前次不同。前次数字技术浪潮促使企业接近并利用全球闲置高价值劳动力储备，而今次数字技术浪潮的推动力是通过劳动力替代实现降低成本。