{"id":44874,"date":"2014-02-22T15:32:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T20:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=44874"},"modified":"2014-02-22T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T20:32:11","slug":"the-effect-of-todays-technology-on-tomorrows-jobs-will-be-immense-and-no-country-is-ready-for-it-the-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/02\/22\/the-effect-of-todays-technology-on-tomorrows-jobs-will-be-immense-and-no-country-is-ready-for-it-the-economist\/","title":{"rendered":"The effect of today\u2019s technology on tomorrow\u2019s jobs will be immense\u2014and no country is ready for it [The Economist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0Technology and jobs: Coming to an office near you<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/leaders\/21594298-effect-todays-technology-tomorrows-jobs-will-be-immenseand-no-country-ready\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The effect of today\u2019s technology on tomorrow\u2019s jobs will be immense\u2014and no country is ready for it <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from economist.com by<\/p>\n<aside><time> <\/time><\/aside>\n<div id=\"block-ec_components-share_inline_header\"><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/leaders\/21594298-effect-todays-technology-tomorrows-jobs-will-be-immenseand-no-country-ready\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.static-economist.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/full-width\/images\/print-edition\/20140118_LDP001_0.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">INNOVATION, the elixir of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution artisan weavers were swept aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has displaced many of the mid-skill jobs that underpinned 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>No time to be timid<\/strong><br \/>\nIf this analysis is halfway correct, the social effects will be huge. Many of the jobs most at risk are lower down the ladder (logistics, haulage), whereas the skills that are least vulnerable to automation (creativity, managerial expertise) tend to be higher up, so median wages are likely to remain stagnant for some time and income gaps are likely to widen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Anger about rising inequality is bound to grow, but politicians will find it hard to address the problem. Shunning progress would be as futile now as the Luddites\u2019 protests against mechanised looms were in the 1810s, because any country that tried to stop would be left behind by competitors eager to embrace new technology. The freedom to raise taxes on the rich to punitive levels will be similarly constrained by the mobility of capital and highly skilled labour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The main way in which governments can help their people through this dislocation is through education systems. One of the reasons for the improvement in workers\u2019 fortunes in the latter part of the Industrial Revolution was because schools were built to educate them\u2014a dramatic change at the time. Now those schools themselves need to be changed, to foster the creativity that humans will need to set them apart from computers. There should be less rote-learning and more critical thinking. Technology itself will help, whether through MOOCs (massive open online courses) or even video games that simulate the skills needed for work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Technology and jobs: Coming to an office near you The effect of today\u2019s technology on tomorrow\u2019s jobs will be immense\u2014and no country is ready for it &#8212; from economist.com by &nbsp; Excerpts: INNOVATION, the elixir of progress, has always cost people their jobs. 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