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...
by Leroy Hurt | Jul 21, 2013 | Issues.Innovation, Issues.Progress, Organizational.Functions.Technology, Sectors.SciTech.IT, Sectors.SciTech.Robotics
Via Wilson Quarterly: …technological advances have not reduced overall employment, though they have certainly cost many people their jobs. But now, with the advent of machines that are infinitely more intelligent and powerful than most people could have imagined a...
by Leroy Hurt | Jul 21, 2013 | Issues.Innovation, Issues.Progress, Organizational.Functions.Technology, Sectors.SciTech.IT, Sectors.SciTech.Robotics
Via Wilson Quarterly: …technological advances have not reduced overall employment, though they have certainly cost many people their jobs. But now, with the advent of machines that are infinitely more intelligent and powerful than most people could have imagined a...
by Leroy Hurt | Jul 13, 2013 | Issues.Progress, Sectors.SciTech
Via New York Times: Technologists are often utopianists. No one writer understands this bizarre world view better than Jaron Lanier. In his latest book, “Who Owns The Future?” Lanier critiques our current digital economy with an incredible wealth of insider’s...
by Leroy Hurt | Jul 13, 2013 | Issues.Progress, Sectors.SciTech
Via New York Times: Technologists are often utopianists. No one writer understands this bizarre world view better than Jaron Lanier. In his latest book, “Who Owns The Future?” Lanier critiques our current digital economy with an incredible wealth of insider’s...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 29, 2013 | Issues.Employment, Issues.Progress, Sectors.SciTech
Via TCS Daily: What kinds of jobs would survive? Two kinds, I think. The obvious kinds are those needing the human touch…I suspect that a lot of jobs that could theoretically be taken by machines won’t be, because people will still prefer the human version…But...
