January 14th, 2013

60 Minutes video: Robots, not human workers, are in demand

Watch this CBS-TV 60 Minutes segment on the booming market for robotic workers that replace humans. It’s not sci-fi. MIT researchers are clear that even if manufacturing returns to the U.S., humans will not be involved. Robots will produce the products. This video is a celebration of technology’s limitless future and ability to build wealth for some few entrepreneurs and investors.

Remaining unexplored is the impact on a nation’s human population that is denied gainful employment and all that that provides. Why is the toll on humans not part of the “inevitable” rise of technology? Perhaps we should slow down and ponder consequences of each new “advance.”

What machines, gizmos, technologies (hardware or software) have actually improved economic and living conditions for humans and not businesses?

<-- Read the complete WBI Blog

Tags: manufacturing, robots, technology, worker replacements, workers

This entry was posted on Monday, January 14th, 2013 at 12:58 pm and is filed under Employers Gone Wild: Doing Bad Things. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.