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new-aesthetic: “That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who’s worked in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee’s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries.” […] “It is this onslaught of digital processes, says Arthur, that primarily explains how productivity has grown without a significant increase in human labor. And, he says, “digital versions of human intelligence” are increasingly replacing even those jobs once thought to require people. “It will change every profession in ways we have barely seen yet,” he warns.” How Technology Is Destroying Jobs | MIT Technology Review
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“That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who’s worked in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee’s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries.” […]

“It is this onslaught of digital processes, says Arthur, that primarily explains how productivity has grown without a significant increase in human labor. And, he says, “digital versions of human intelligence” are increasingly replacing even those jobs once thought to require people. “It will change every profession in ways we have barely seen yet,” he warns.”

How Technology Is Destroying Jobs | MIT Technology Review

As part of this study, several hundred students who did not have home computers were given computers to see if the devices would have any impact, positive or negative, on their academic performance. The researchers found that this action didn’t have any positive effects on a whole host of educational outcomes, including grades, standardized test scores, credits earned, and attendance.
Why Computers Alone Won’t Move the Needle | MindShift (via infoneer-pulse)

Google: Lack of open standards hampers information sharing in disasters

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A lack of open standards necessary to easily share emergency information released by the government is hampering technology companies’ efforts to keep the public informed during natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy, a Google official said Tuesday. 

The head of Google Crisis Response testified before members of a House subcommittee on emergency preparedness about challenges in implementing Hurricane Sandy crisis maps, which gave users a layout of evacuation zones, open shelters, storm locations and other critical information.

» via The Hill’s Hillicon Valley

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