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Many argue that as new technologies eliminate jobs, they create new jobs. This chapter analyzes why that is an unlikely outcome with automation this widespread.
Chapter Index
00:00 | Intro
00:25 | Chapter Begins
23:19 | Outro
Figures
Figure 1.1: Americans not in the labour force, by age, as of 2011. Image courtesy of CNN, data comes from the US Bureau Labor of Statistics.
Tables
Year
Total Population
Employed
2000
281,421,000
136,891,000 (48.6%)
2010
308,745,000
139,064,000 (45.0%)
Table 1.1: Total US workforce in between 2000 and 2010.
Occupation
Number of workers
Percentage of workers%
Driver/sales workers, bus and truck drivers
3,628,000
2.61%
Retail salespersons
3,286,000
2.36%
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
3,132,000
2.25%
Cashiers
3,109,000
2.24%
Secretaries and administrative assistants
3,082,000
2.22%
Managers, all other
2,898,000
2.08%
Sales representatives, wholesale, manufacturing, real estate, insurance, advertising
2,865,000
2.06%
Registered nurses
2,843,000
2.04%
Elementary and middle school teachers
2,813,000
2.02%
Janitors and building cleaners
2,186,000
1.57%
Waiters and waitresses
2,067,000
1.49%
Cooks
1,951,000
1.40%
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
1,928,000
1.39%
Customer service representatives
1,896,000
1.36%
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers
1,700,000
1.22%
Accountants and auditors
1,646,000
1.18%
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
1,507,000
1.08%
Chief executives
1,505,000
1.08%
Stock clerks and order fillers
1,456,000
1.05%
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
1,407,000
1.01%
Postsecondary teachers
1,300,000
0.93%
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
1,297,000
0.93%
Receptionists and information clerks
1,281,000
0.92%
Construction laborers
1,267,000
0.91%
Child care workers
1,247,000
0.90%
Carpenters
1,242,000
0.89%
Secondary school teachers
1,221,000
0.88%
Grounds maintenance workers
1,195,000
0.86%
Financial managers
1,141,000
0.82%
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
1,131,000
0.81%
Construction managers
1,083,000
0.78%
Lawyers
1,040,000
0.75%
Computer software engineers
1,026,000
0.74%
General and operations managers
1,007,000
0.72%
Total of Occupations Listed Above
63,383,000
45.58%
All Other Occupations
75,681,000
54.42%
Total Employment
139,064,000
100.00%
Table 1.2: Number of jobs per occupation with at least 1 million workers in the US.
Company
Employees
Revenue per employee
McDonald’s (1940)
400,000
$60,000
Walmart (1962)
2,100,000
$200,000
Intel (1968)
100,000
$540,000
Microsoft (1975)
90,000
$767,000
Google (1998)
32,000
$1,170,000
Facebook (2004)
3,000
$1,423,000
Table 1.3: List of multi billion-dollar companies over time and their revenue per employee.
I obviously do not think people are “excess baggage”, quite the opposite. But in the eyes of a multinational corporation inefficient workers mean loss of profit, and this is what they ultimately mean to them. Very few enlightened companies value people over profits.
Neuroplasticity refers to the susceptibility to physiological changes of the nervous system, due to changes in behaviour, environment, neural processes, or parts of the body other than the nervous system. It occurs on a variety of levels, ranging from cellular changes due to learning, to large-scale changes involved in cortical remapping in response to injury. The role of neuroplasticity is widely recognised in healthy development, learning, memory, and recovery from brain damage. Recent findings revealing that many aspects of the brain remain plastic even into adulthood.
Pascual-Leone, A., Freitas, C., Oberman, L., Horvath, J. C., Halko, M., Eldaief, M. et al. (2011). Characterizing brain cortical plasticity and network dynamics across the age-span in health and disease with TMS-EEG and TMS-fMRI. Brain Topography, 24, 302-315.
Pascual-Leone, A., Amedi, A., Fregni, F., & Merabet, L. B. (2005). The plastic human brain cortex. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 28, 377-401.
Rakic, P. (January 2002). Neurogenesis in adult primate neocortex: an evaluation of the evidence. Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
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Many argue that as new technologies eliminate jobs, they create new jobs. This chapter analyzes why that is an unlikely outcome with automation this widespread.
Chapter Index
00:00 | Intro
00:25 | Chapter Begins
23:19 | Outro
Figures
Figure 1.1: Americans not in the labour force, by age, as of 2011. Image courtesy of CNN, data comes from the US Bureau Labor of Statistics.
Tables
Year
Total Population
Employed
2000
281,421,000
136,891,000 (48.6%)
2010
308,745,000
139,064,000 (45.0%)
Table 1.1: Total US workforce in between 2000 and 2010.
Occupation
Number of workers
Percentage of workers%
Driver/sales workers, bus and truck drivers
3,628,000
2.61%
Retail salespersons
3,286,000
2.36%
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
3,132,000
2.25%
Cashiers
3,109,000
2.24%
Secretaries and administrative assistants
3,082,000
2.22%
Managers, all other
2,898,000
2.08%
Sales representatives, wholesale, manufacturing, real estate, insurance, advertising
2,865,000
2.06%
Registered nurses
2,843,000
2.04%
Elementary and middle school teachers
2,813,000
2.02%
Janitors and building cleaners
2,186,000
1.57%
Waiters and waitresses
2,067,000
1.49%
Cooks
1,951,000
1.40%
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
1,928,000
1.39%
Customer service representatives
1,896,000
1.36%
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers
1,700,000
1.22%
Accountants and auditors
1,646,000
1.18%
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
1,507,000
1.08%
Chief executives
1,505,000
1.08%
Stock clerks and order fillers
1,456,000
1.05%
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
1,407,000
1.01%
Postsecondary teachers
1,300,000
0.93%
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
1,297,000
0.93%
Receptionists and information clerks
1,281,000
0.92%
Construction laborers
1,267,000
0.91%
Child care workers
1,247,000
0.90%
Carpenters
1,242,000
0.89%
Secondary school teachers
1,221,000
0.88%
Grounds maintenance workers
1,195,000
0.86%
Financial managers
1,141,000
0.82%
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
1,131,000
0.81%
Construction managers
1,083,000
0.78%
Lawyers
1,040,000
0.75%
Computer software engineers
1,026,000
0.74%
General and operations managers
1,007,000
0.72%
Total of Occupations Listed Above
63,383,000
45.58%
All Other Occupations
75,681,000
54.42%
Total Employment
139,064,000
100.00%
Table 1.2: Number of jobs per occupation with at least 1 million workers in the US.
Company
Employees
Revenue per employee
McDonald’s (1940)
400,000
$60,000
Walmart (1962)
2,100,000
$200,000
Intel (1968)
100,000
$540,000
Microsoft (1975)
90,000
$767,000
Google (1998)
32,000
$1,170,000
Facebook (2004)
3,000
$1,423,000
Table 1.3: List of multi billion-dollar companies over time and their revenue per employee.
I obviously do not think people are “excess baggage”, quite the opposite. But in the eyes of a multinational corporation inefficient workers mean loss of profit, and this is what they ultimately mean to them. Very few enlightened companies value people over profits.
Neuroplasticity refers to the susceptibility to physiological changes of the nervous system, due to changes in behaviour, environment, neural processes, or parts of the body other than the nervous system. It occurs on a variety of levels, ranging from cellular changes due to learning, to large-scale changes involved in cortical remapping in response to injury. The role of neuroplasticity is widely recognised in healthy development, learning, memory, and recovery from brain damage. Recent findings revealing that many aspects of the brain remain plastic even into adulthood.
Pascual-Leone, A., Freitas, C., Oberman, L., Horvath, J. C., Halko, M., Eldaief, M. et al. (2011). Characterizing brain cortical plasticity and network dynamics across the age-span in health and disease with TMS-EEG and TMS-fMRI. Brain Topography, 24, 302-315.
Pascual-Leone, A., Amedi, A., Fregni, F., & Merabet, L. B. (2005). The plastic human brain cortex. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 28, 377-401.
Rakic, P. (January 2002). Neurogenesis in adult primate neocortex: an evaluation of the evidence. Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
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Discover a whole new take on Artificial Intelligence with Squirro's educational podcast! Join host Lauren Hawker Zafer, a top voice in Artificial Intelligence on LinkedIn, for insightful chats that unravel the fascinating world of tech innovation, use case exploration and AI knowledge. Dive into candid discussions with accomplished industry experts and established academics. With each episode, you'll expand your grasp of cutting-edge technologies and their incredible impact on society, and y ...
Android Backstage, a podcast by and for Android developers. Hosted by developers from the Android engineering team, this show covers topics of interest to Android programmers, with in-depth discussions and interviews with engineers on the Android team at Google. Subscribe to Android Developers YouTube → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs
Download This Show is your weekly guide to the world of media, culture, and technology. From social media to gadgets, streaming services to privacy issues. Each week Marc Fennell and a team of people far smarter than him (his words, not ours) take a fun deep dive into how technology is reshaping our lives.
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