Content tagged with "unemployment"

Content tagged with "unemployment"

47% at Risk
Blog Post
November 7, 2014
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“You see the ‘47%’ figure floating around a lot, refering to how many jobs the economy could lose to technology. Here’s where it comes from – an…”

The Business Insider on Technological Unemployment
Blog Post
January 24, 2015
307

“Business Insider recently wrote a broad article on technological unemployment entitled ‘ The Future of Jobs .’ Some highlights – John Maynard Keynes…”

Does the Internet kill jobs?
The Robots Are Coming
Blog Post
April 6, 2015
237

“Here’s an article from the Harvard Business Review which argues that the Internet is killing job creation in the middle class. The Internet […] has…”

Good Analytics Means Less Workers
The Robots Are Coming
Blog Post
October 22, 2015
150

“Here’s an interesting note in the middle of this article about temp workers at Amazon : At the same time, we are living in an era of maximum…”

The Millenium Project Study on Future Employment
The Robots Are Coming
Blog Post
April 27, 2015
144

“The Millenium Project is doing a study on the future of work, entitled: Future of Work and Glocal Strategies to Improve Long-Term Prospects The…”

Pew Report on the Effect of Technology on Jobs
The Robots Are Coming
Blog Post
November 11, 2014
593

“Pew Research did a ‘canvassing’ (meaning, not scientific survey) of experts and have released the results of one of their questions: AI, Robotics,…”

Reddit Thread on Technological Unemployment
The Robots Are Coming
Blog Post
April 6, 2015
213

“Interesting thread over at Reddit: Which jobs will never be replaced by machines? . The top answer: I think jobs where people need a human-human…”

The Slow Elimination of Hotel Housekeeping
The Robots Are Coming
Blog Post
November 5, 2014
466

“(This isn’t technically about automation, but more about the systemic reduction of a certain type of job.) Every year, my Dad and I go to Las Vegas…”

Technological Employment Debate
The Robots Are Coming
Blog Post
June 15, 2015
132

“A Yale researcher is on the record about technological unemployment : Thanks to the efficiency of the internet and automated systems, productivity…”

The Threat to White Collar Jobs
The Robots Are Coming
Blog Post
October 21, 2015
115

“This article (a teaser for an upcoming book ) argues that it’s not just middle class jobs at risk. Indeed, there’s apparently nothing special about…”

World Summit on Technological Unemployment
The Robots Are Coming
Blog Post
September 21, 2015
98

“There’s an upcoming conference on technological unemployment: The World Summit on Technological Unemployment is the first high-level forum and…”