{"id":42577,"date":"2013-09-25T07:47:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T11:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=42577"},"modified":"2013-09-27T17:21:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T21:21:09","slug":"almost-half-the-jobs-americans-thought-were-safe-will-soon-be-done-by-robots-frey-osborne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/09\/25\/almost-half-the-jobs-americans-thought-were-safe-will-soon-be-done-by-robots-frey-osborne\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost half the jobs Americans thought were safe will soon be done by robots [Frey & Osborne]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost half the jobs Americans thought were safe will soon be done by robots<\/strong><\/a> — from qz.com by Carl Frey and Michael Osborne<\/p>\n

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Commentators today are less optimistic. \u201cHow Technology Wrecks the Middle Class<\/a>,\u201d a recent New York Times Column by David Autor and David Dorn, captures an observation made by several commentators: technology has turned on labor.<\/p>\n

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The threat of computerization has historically been largely confined to routine manufacturing tasks involving explicit rule-based activities such as part construction and assembly. But a look at 700 occupation types<\/a>\u00a0(pdf) in the US suggests that 47% are at risk from a threat that once only loomed for a small proportion of workers.<\/p>\n

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From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
\nWhat does — or should — this mean for K-12? For higher education? For the corporate world?\u00a0 For curricula? Skills? Values? How can we pivot NOW to help our students survive\/thrive in this quickly-changing world?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Addendum on 9\/27\/13:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n