The advancement of technology did not only change an individual’s life, but also the society and economy we are living in. It sure did provide efficiency in the factories with the use of machineries and fast delivery with the use of electronic mail. Machineries are doing all the work for us in the factories, building cars, lifting crates, assembling toys, and manufacturing microchips. Paul Grasso from Press Republican talks about a book “Mind Over Technology” by Richard W. Samson, and he states, “Machines and software begin to do more of the work that people once performed, the labor market in general, and specific job that some people do, will change dramatically… Will the jobs for which some people are trained even continue to exist? In the past, I’ve argued that they won’t, and nothing in Samson’s book caused me to think differently” (Grasso). This goes along with my outlook towards technology expansion that it is losing job opportunities for everyone. Companies no longer need an assembly line to construct a product because the machines are doing everything for them. Postal offices also no longer need delivery man to send our mails to our homes because the electronic mail deliveries them to us. Newspaper companies also no longer need newspaper stand or newspaper delivery to share what is going on around the world because the internet distributes the information to everyone to read. This may be an advantage to companies because they will are making more profit but it also hurts others. People who are looking for a job would have difficulty settling in for a job even though they are considered “jack-of-all –traits”. I believe that with these innovations we may lose the type of people who are jack-of-all-traits who enjoy working with their hands because technology is doing everything for us and people would not be able to practice using their hands to work. Also, I believe that people who are jack-of-all-traits are supposed to be an advantage in the work field because they are able and know a lot about how things work but with the improvement of technology we no longer need anyone to work just as Mr. Grasso asked, “So, what's a human to do? What's the right career path for someone in today's job market?” (Grasso). This illustrates that job hunting is now very difficult because people are no longer needed; everything is being done with machines and computers. Also, I think engineers will be the only standing career because they are the ones building and advancing technology. Moreover, some people would still prefer the traditional lifestyle. Most elderlies despite change and would prefer to stay on the same lifestyle, as technology evolves our society; most elderlies have difficulty learning how to use the computers to deliver mail, to log into bank accounts, to call with cell phones, and to read news on the internet. I sometimes prefer a traditional way of doing things such as taking a test. Nowadays, schools use computerize test instead of using traditional pen and paper. I personally prefer the traditional pen and paper test because I would be able to concentrate more, with the new system of computerize test I would have difficulty taking test because there is so much distractions because I am a computer geek, I would be figuring out how fast the computer runs or how they programmed the system and try to see if they programmed it well by doing a series of test to “destroy” it. With all these developments, technology has surely changed the world specifically the working field which tends to have a high unemployment rate.
Grasso, Paul. “Technology will Continue to Affect Jobs.” Press Republican. N.p., 2010. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://pressrepublican.com/0205_columns/x1901576035/Technology-will-continue-to-affect-jobs>.
