Its speed of change will be faster and it will pervade all industries. Jets changed travel. Computers - the web , the net, will change all. In a changing world education is the best preparation for being able to adapt - as the economy shifts those who are better educated do best. In 1920 HG Wells said - human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
Education goes a long way towards equalising opportunity.
The electronic world allows additional people to be educated at no additional cost. Virtual equity can be far more easily achieved at far less cost than actual equity. So notwithstanding your degree being your opportunity, technology will be your challenge - master it or it will dominate you. Your degree is almost the start of a new life. Keep it - from a moral and ethical point of view.