wk 6 - technology

Question 1

impact of technology on work

Answer 1

• Protection, efficiency, leisure, consumption
  
  • Vast riches I growth and wealth but extreme suffering

Question 2

Alienation

Answer 2

• Negative view of technology
  
  • Powerlessness, meaninglessness, social isolation
  • Deskilling, discretion, lack of opportunity

Question 3

substitutes and complements

Answer 3

• Replacing human jobs
  
  • Complementing at other tasks that had not been automated, raising the demand for people that do that work instead (Susskind,2020)
  • Can help by making us more productive
  • E.g ATM’s have come in and were feared that they would take over bank employees but are all self service and make drawing money out more efficient, example of complementary technology