[LINK] "Advancing Australia as a Digital Economy"

[Kim Holburn]

I remember reading Vonnegut's Player Piano years ago.  Published in 1952, it's about just this.  A time when automation would put most people out of a job.  We have taken longer to reach it than I thought but reaching it we are.

Apple manufacturing coming back to the US but jobs, not so much:

https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9234477/A_U.S._Apple_factory_may_be_robot_city



On 2013/Jun/14, at 9:12 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

> On 14/06/2013 8:47 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
>> Digital technology can be an enabler for the economy.
> 
> I'd modify that to "Digital technology can be an enabler for parts of 
> the economy."
> 
> How Technology Is Destroying Jobs
> David Rotman
> June 12, 2013
> http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/515926/how-technology-is-destroying-jobs/
> 
> <quote>
> That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem 
> obvious to anyone who’s worked in automotive manufacturing or as a 
> travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee’s claim is more troubling and 
> controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been 
> destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the 
> stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United 
> States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other 
> technologically advanced countries.
> <end quote>
> 
> IMHO, if the "digital" economy doesn't create new types of jobs that 
> employ Australian workers, then the future will be bleak.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Regards
> brd
> 
> Bernard Robertson-Dunn
> Sydney Australia
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