Bui, Quoctrung. “Will Your Job Be Done by a Machine?” NPR, 2015.
The article discusses the professions that are more likely to become replaced by machines. The author explains that jobs requiring cleverness, negotiation, and aiding other people are at a smaller risk to be replaced as they demand special knowledge, variable decision-making, and reflections that robot technologies are not yet capable of. Bookkeepers are under more stress according to the research that estimated the tasks people realized at work and the ease with which they can be transferred to machinery.
This article is relevant as it highlights the characteristics of jobs that can be soon taken by technology. Moreover, how fast the era of smart people performing on a high level at work because of successful use of machinery will come. People with a creative and flexible mind can eventually build a career of the dream by sharing repetitive and routine actions with machines. This opens a variety of opportunities for talented individuals and gives them hope for faster career growth.
“Google’s Schmidt and Cohen Discuss the Digital Future.” Youtube, uploaded by PBS NewsHour, 2013.
In this Youtube video, Judy Woodruff takes an interview with Schmidt and Cohen, the authors of the book “The new digital age: Reshaping the future of people, nations, and business.” The authors state that will the development of technologies, people of all countries can face drastically low crime rates, an absence of controlling and repressive governments, and freer life in general. Both Schmidt and Cohen are ensured that all the cyber activity and other risks that can occur online can be managed by legislation.
The possibility of having a free, just, and fair life has indeed increased after humanity got access to the Internet. With the current technologies and the global network, people have no limits in gaining knowledge, they can witness various events, and succeed in multitasking. The source is relevant to the research as it discloses the issue of the in-depth integration of technologies into people’s everyday life and the possible consequences of it.
Harari, Yuval Noah. “The Meaning of Life in a World Without Work.” The Guardian, 2017.
The article underlines the issue of innovative jobs that employees will have to occupy after they lose their current ones when the technology becomes more advanced. People of various professions will have to reinvent themselves and adapt to the changing environment. The author of the article explains that people cannot lose sense in life as long as they have imagination. In virtual reality, for instance, it is possible to find deeper senses in life.
The article is relevant to the research topic as it raises the issue of job need and the online reality of the current world. A human being does not need employment to develop self in life, one can do it easily with the help of creativity and imagination. However, technology takes an essential part of human lives as they have drowned in the online world forgetting about the positive aspects of real communications and interactions.
“Thompson on the Future of Work.” CNN, 2015.
This news report video discloses the perception of Derek Thompson of the future work changes in the current rapid development of technologies. Derek explained how thousands of people in Youngstown lost their employment due to technological progress in 1977. Derek Thompson claims that a substantial part of Americans currently works as drivers, and the development of automatized cars might take their jobs, a so-called Youngstown circle of despair.
The question is if people can use the time that will be freed by machines to stay employed in their dream jobs and become more creative. The source is relevant to future research as it raises the issue of people’s talents and their freedom from routine jobs. From the other perspective, some individuals are not creative and find physical, repetitive jobs to be their passion. Building the working norms in society will become a new issue after the technological progress stepping on the people’s usual employment.
Works Cited
Bui, Quoctrung. “Will Your Job Be Done by a Machine?” NPR, 2015.
“Google’s Schmidt and Cohen Discuss the Digital Future.” Youtube, uploaded by PBS NewsHour, 2013.
Harari, Yuval Noah. “The Meaning of Life in a World Without Work.” The Guardian, 2017.
“Thompson on the Future of Work.” CNN, 2015.