If new technologies reduce the total number of jobs, we'd all be out of work now. There's a more fundamental shift going on in economy that's also good. If you need a housekeeper or a handyman, you don't have to go to a particular firm to get it. The network fabric business is one of the newest things in the ditral economy.
Technology might move fast but the fears surrounding it remain ever-present. Back in 2015 Intelligence Squared gathered both tech evangelists and technology naysayers to debate how robots and AI might swallow up jobs in years to come. The speakers included economist, commentator and author George Magnus, internet entrepreneur and author Andrew Keen, technology entrepreneur, presidential advisor and economist Dr Pippa Malmgren, and author and journalist Walter Isaacson. Chairing the debate was journalist and broadcaster Zeinab Badawi.
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