American Workers Struggle To Keep Up

Today, I don’t believe America puts enough concern or research on how the impact of technology will affect unemployment over the next twenty years. If technology or bots start running many businesses, I believe that it would put many workers out of work, but at the same time increasing job opportunities for repairmen and electricians for repairs maintenance, and upgrades of systems.

The advancements in today’s technology and the rate on new developments, software, and the introduction of robots into the work place will segregate society as we know it and deplete job security. “Any technology potent enough to be interesting

It is undeniable fact that the advent of new technologies-- most importantly computers and robots -- is a significant breakthrough in the new century, to change lives of human beings for the best. The fact of the matter is that variety of them already came into people lives which made that easier, faster, and reliable than that of past-- to name but a few. The more they use new technologies, the more they will become addicted to them, and the less they give it a try to learn skills or anything they are in need of. While someone believes that these changes have a positive effect on humans’ lives, and others believe otherwise. I, personally, subscribe to the latter idea on the grounds that, although the new technologies bring a high standard of comfort for people’s lives, its demerits definitely outweigh its merits. Having said that, I mean, when we used computers or robots for ease of our lives, we did not expect once we would be supplanted by them, as automated machine do the job allocated to humans more perfectly with less cost and time.

Millennials have been raised up on things like smartphones, drones, and advanced computers, but do we really know what we are doing, or are we just skimming the surface? Caroline Beaton a blogger for the Huffington Post writes “Millennials were born after the invention of windows, so we’ve never known life or work without them” (Beaton). This is important for moving into a more technologically diverse society, but there is still concern for what new jobs will open with the emergence of more technology and machines. Beaton goes on by stating in her research “In other words, as Carr observed, we’ll have to become more like computers ourselves: quick, efficient task executors in order to keep our position(s)” (Beaton). Marguerite McNeal author of the article "Rise of the Machines,” notes that, “The robots haven 't just landed in the workplace—they’re expanding skills, moving up the corporate ladder, showing awesome productivity and retention rates, and increasingly shoving aside their human counterparts. One multi-tasker bot, from Momentum Machines, can make (and flip) a gourmet hamburger in 10 seconds and could soon replace an entire McDonald 's crew. A manufacturing device from Universal Robots doesn’t just solder, paint, screw, glue, and grasp—it builds new parts for itself on the fly when they wear out or bust. And just this week, Google won a patent to start building worker robots with personalities” (McNeal). As intelligent machines and

Within a dynamic economy, like the United States, jobs are lost and created and workers are displaced and reemployed continuously. There will always be technological advancements that are replacing jobs. For example, automation in the manufacturing industry have replaced people in the workplace. Automation performs much more efficiently than a person performs. In this paper I am going to analyze the effects that automation has caused in the job market and how it will continue to affect various industries. I am also going to compare automation job loss and outsourcing job loss.

As we make our way through the twenty first century, it’s hard to not be amazed when looking at how far we have come. The world’s population has put countless amounts of hours into advancing our technology and shaping the future that we live in. When we think about the word “Technology” our first thoughts are usually related to smart phones, computers and maybe cars, but I’m here to tell you there is so much more that fits into this field. In the time that we are currently living, we are progressing at rates that we never thought we would see. We have made it to a point where technology is building newer technology for us and taking away jobs from people. Technology isn’t always a good thing, it may be interesting but it’s also scary to

Labor is one of the most vital aspects of human life and growth. Let’s be blunt, society needs labor in order to live and provide. Students such as me attend college just to acquire requirements for a specific job. The production of new technology is reducing jobs and destroying dreams for many aspiring people. The Business Insider lists a number of jobs that are predicted to be taken over by technology. These jobs include cashiers, postal service workers and telemarketers. The jobs included are not even half of the jobs listed. According to an USA today article, Panera bread announced that they will be replacing all of its cashiers with kiosk by 2016. Postal services plan to replace postal workers with robots. The telemarketer field is at a high risk, because robots are said

Thousands of years ago, early humans discovered the benefits of agriculture, leading to the first agricultural revolution. This created much more free time for humans to craft tools and lives, rather than moving nomadically. Because of agriculture, the human race spiked in population and saw a major increase of productivity in daily life. As humans became increasingly skilled and educated, more revolutions were triggered, like the industrial and digital revolutions. These revolutions led to a new transition in manufacturing processes that created more of a consumer market, but at the cost of skilled workers being replaced by machines. The job market forever changed because of machines, and these effects should not be forgotten. Moreover, the effects of the digital revolution resonated through the economy at unprecedented speeds. Technology has brought the world easier communication, easier access to information, and easier lives. Robots are replacing workers in factories, and companies like Amazon have reduced consumer shopping at physical stores. Google and IBM have been breaking new grounds in the field of artificial intelligence similarly to how the assembly line and first machines broke barriers, sparking the industrial revolution. As the market and technology lead towards nurturing the consumer, the working class is slowly being shifted out of the picture. Artificial intelligence is leading to a new revolution will completely reshape humanity. Super-intelligent

It seems that there is no escape from technology in the modern world. In 2014, all fields of expertise are rapidly being replaced by technology. From automated phones systems, to even jobs in engineering, it seems that the increase of technology is causing a high price for many individuals in the United States and around the world. The increased use of technology in businesses nationwide have caused a wide spread of elimination of many jobs. According to converge.org, “Global unemployment has now reached its highest level since the great depression of the 1930s. More than 800 million human beings are now unemployed or underemployed in the world. That figure is likely to rise sharply between now and the turns of the century as millions of new entrants enter the workforce find themselves without jobs”. This number in expected to increase dramatically in the next decade.

While there is plenty of evidence to show that technology should be used in the workplace, there is, of course, the opposing side. Some argue that technology should not be used in the workplace. Since technology has been added to the workplace a significant number of people have lost their jobs. According to, David Crane, in his article, writes, “Job losses will continue in manufacturing as more advanced technologies, such as totally computerized assembly lines, take over production” (Crane). If the workplace continues to add technology, then more people will lose their job; however not everyone has lost their jobs, there has been less jobs removed than what people think. David Crane, opposes, “The main impact of new technologies will not be on the number of total jobs but on the changes in occupations and skill requirements in the workplace” (Crane). If you lose your jobs that is most likely because you no longer have a skill they look for, then you will have to acquire that new skill, or they can just hire those who already have that skill.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that as of September 2011, a whopping 9.1 percent of the American people are unemployed, meaning 14 million possible workers can't find a suitable job (“National Employment Monthly Update” par. 1). Many of the jobs that were once available to millions have been made obsolete by the creation of new technology. On the other hand, information and engineering technology have established a vast number of skilled and unskilled jobs in the business sector and many research fields. The balance between creation and destruction is applicable to the effects of technology in today’s society and has been studied since the ancient civilizations. With the arrival of new technology every day, there is a constant

Technology continues to save the lives of many, by creating jobs that allow people to continue and support their family, as well as being able to provide support for those in a life-or-death situation when it comes down to the essentials such as food, water, and housing. Some fortunate people fail to realize how difficult it really is to obtain such aid. While technology has helped to eradicate useless jobs and help to decrease labor costs, it has resulted in the creation new useful jobs, such as manufacturing the actual technology to be used in a computer, and a computer specialist field that help to put the newly-made computers to use. Thus, if a job is able to be taken over by a machine that is incapable of independent thought, the job may be less suitable for a human being. While ATMs have replaced bank-tellers, we now have newly found jobs which focus on repairing, and manufacturing the ATM machines; it works like a two-edged sword.

In the beginning of the human race, technology was nonexistent, or even thought of, but ever since the start they have always tried to find things to make their live simpler. Today, people live are simpler than they were in history due to the advancements of technology that have made life a little too easy. The computer for instance is everywhere today, from a smartphone to a desktop computer. Advancements with the technology of the computer have helped scientist take the most complex equation to solve in less than a few seconds. Computers can take on tasks that require a lot of info to tasks that would take less than a second. Even today computers take on tasks that were once occupied by man, and people are looking to expand on the computers abilities to see how much they are able to accomplish compared to the men or women that work in the jobs. Although that seems like an improbable thing, it is coming sooner than people think. Computers almost replicate, or maybe double the abilities that humans can do. Question is when technological revolution going to begin to take over the jobs of millions of people due to cheaper work and more productivity.

Technology has been taking our jobs lately and this is the reason why many people lose their employment. In Walmart there aren't as many cashiers as there used to be and now they replaced half of them with self-check up scanners. Self-check up scanners are machines that you can operate by scanning the code and prices of any items you want to buy, making sure that you see the prices yourself and don't get fooled by the amount of money you must pay. Right off the bat I can name three jobs that have been replaced by technology which are farmers, manufacturing workers and taxi drivers. The taxi drivers are currently out of business and are rare because Uber is dominating right now. They say that they are in the

Job Loss - Modern technology has replaced many humans; robots are doing the jobs which used to be done by humans. Many packing firms have employed robots on production lines to increase production and efficiency, this is good news for businesses because it helps them make more money and serve customers in time, but it is bad news to employees because they get replaced by a robot.