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Technology could kill 5M jobs by 2020

10 pointsby amlgsmsnover 9 years ago

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EvanPlaiceover 9 years ago
&gt; artificial intelligence<p>...maybe<p>&gt; robitics<p>...really?<p>&gt; biotech<p>...wat<p>So technology is the 21st century equivalent of the big bad wolf. A mythical monster that&#x27;s going to blow your house down.<p>&gt; Investing in education and adult learning programs is a good place to start.<p>Interesting. Hasn&#x27;t education already had a decade long run on the student loan market? How will this help?<p>&gt; Insisting on more diverse workforces in terms of gender, ethnicity and age, will also be vital for companies that want to succeed in the rapidly changing world.<p>Diversity has no direct correlation to a company&#x27;s success. Unless you&#x27;re talking about increasing the number of H1B visas to boost the ranks of top tier talent.<p>Automation no doubt contributes to inequality but only because we require fewer people to maintain the sum of human knowledge and resources. The companies using automation to increase efficiency&#x2F;effectiveness are therefore able to produce more with less and take home a bigger cut.<p>-----<p>This article is clearly politically-driven FUD that appeals to special interest (ie &#x27;protected classes&#x27;) groups. Par for the course coming from CNN.