In September of 2001, doctors conducted the first-ever telesurgery, operating on a patient in France from an office in downtown Manhattan via robotic technology. What feature of contemporary society is this an illustration of?
A) the greatly diminished importance of place
B) the way capitalism forces individuals into competition with one another
C) the extent to which economic exploitation is still present in a modern industrial economy
D) the extent to which service workers are also subject to the scrutiny and critique of a manager or supervisor
E) the many sources of inequality in a postmodern economy
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