As well as the sad new news today of Scott Walker’s death, there’s also coverage of research by the Office for National Statistics that suggests that 1.5 million people in England are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation.
That screams to me that young people – now more than ever – need to understand technology at both a specific, micro level (how stuff works/how to accomplish tasks with tech) and also from a general, overview to get some idea of where it’s going.
And that means understanding automation, and reports like those from today, as it’s easy to view such news as dark.
But there’s a more positive flip side:
A report published by Deloitte in 2015 said:
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Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed in the last 144 years
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It has been saving us from dull, repetitive and dangerous work
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Technology has boosted employment in knowledge-intensive sectors such as medicine, accounting and professional services
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Technology has lowered the cost of essentials, raising disposable incomes and creating new demand and jobs
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