by Leroy Hurt | Oct 13, 2013 | Issues.Employment, Issues.Futurism, Issues.Progress
Via Instapundit and Network World: Science fiction writers have long told of great upheaval as machines replace people. Now, so is research firm Gartner. The difference is that Gartner, which provides technology advice to many of the world’s largest companies,...
by Leroy Hurt | Aug 27, 2013 | Individual.Elements.Commons, Issues.Progress, Sectors.SciTech.Robotics
Via BBC: “…if you are trying to solve the problem of care and companionship with a robot, you are not trying to solve it with the people you need to solve it with – friends, family, community.” … “We may think we are only making robots,”...
by Leroy Hurt | Aug 27, 2013 | Issues.Progress, Sectors.SciTech.Robotics
Via BBC: “…if you are trying to solve the problem of care and companionship with a robot, you are not trying to solve it with the people you need to solve it with – friends, family, community.” … “We may think we are only making robots,”...
by Leroy Hurt | Aug 25, 2013 | Issues.Employment, Issues.Progress, Sectors.SciTech
Via Business Insider and the NY Times: The good news, however, is that middle-education, middle-wage jobs are not slated to disappear completely. While many middle-skill jobs are susceptible to automation, others demand a mixture of tasks that take advantage of human...
by Leroy Hurt | Aug 25, 2013 | Issues.Employment, Issues.Progress, Sectors.SciTech
Via Business Insider and the NY Times: The good news, however, is that middle-education, middle-wage jobs are not slated to disappear completely. While many middle-skill jobs are susceptible to automation, others demand a mixture of tasks that take advantage of human...
by Leroy Hurt | Aug 19, 2013 | Individual.Elements.Commons.Arenas.Family, Issues.Progress
Via New York Times: Ms. Steiner-Adair, the primary author of “The Big Disconnect,” is a clinical psychologist who teaches at Harvard Medical School. Her book is based on thousands of interviews, and it can be eloquent about the need to ration our children’s computer...
