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Originally Posted by Oberon
...I think the real problem we've got coming is the increasing mechanisation of the workforce and the reduction of available job opportunities that this will create.  |
When I hear grousing about how technology is eliminating jobs, my response has been if a machine takes your job, learn how to fix the machine; it is the obvious solution since if there is a machine (or technology), it will eventually have some sort of failure and it is the person who knows how to remedy the problem who will be sought after and well paid. It's like the old Dale Carnegie slogan: "Find a need and fill it". This is why, while I may not agree with Obama on many issues, I do support his efforts to advance technology and science literacy in those student now coming up and in the future; if we're going to have advanced technology, we're going to need a workforce well versed in the technology. In the future, while the "Three R's" will still be important, knowing how to deal with a rapidly advancing technological society and its needs is equally important. We do a disservice to the future by teaching and training our kids for 20th century jobs in a fast moving 21st century world...
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