Larro Darro
Recycles dryer sheets
Here is how I remember it from my school days. I may be wrong, though.
Technology- tools and the knowledge to use them.
Technology- tools and the knowledge to use them.
I agree that in modern times it does feel like tech is moving too fast. I worked in the electronics industry for 30 years and always felt like it was a bit too much. I lived in Silicon Valley and people from all over the world came there to live and work. These people were (are) very smart indeed. You never knew enough, even in your narrow area of expertise -- there was always a race and I wasn't an elite runner, good but not in front of the whole pack....(snip)...
The questions were posted, because most of the events that were mentioned, had already happened before most of our citizens even had a clue as to how or why they happened. The "TECHNOLOGY" that allowed them to happen occurred within the government, or private companies... long before they cme to the attention of the general public. The general public learned about them after the fact.
After the fact means after the events had already cost the public when they became aware. The horse was out of the barn.
Should I take a bow now?Thank you all for your interesting input... Made me feel good about being here. After some 22 years of posting on forums, the folks here are by far,
#1!
I hate to break up a loverly discussion about sexism, but I'd kinda like to go back to the beginning of the discussion and retry the original question, with what I had hoped was the original intent....
[...] but thought it might be well to point out that as "On Top of Tech" as many feel... there are challenges in the works, that you and I don't even know about... even as we speak.
So... although some perceive my opinion to be that of some old fart, sitting in his room alone and wishing back the "olden days"... I am well aware of the benefits of technology...
The consequence that I most often worry about is this: Traditional economic theory says that automation doesn't destroy jobs, it creates new ones (e.g. automobiles displace people in the horse business, but allow for those people to begin building or repairing cars instead). At some point, however, I wonder if the new jobs require more sophisticated skills than displaced workers are capable of developing. That time may already be upon us as highly-paid jobs for STEM workers go unfilled while the unemployment rate is 7-8% and people struggle. I'm afraid that not everyone has the intellectual horsepower to be an engineer, so how do they earn a living wage going forward?
Tim
Yeah, it's a subculture thing, not a generational thing. Certain subcultures use it. Others don't.
Okay, back to our debate about whether robots are going to take over the earth.
Though it doesn't say specifically where those new jobs will be created. The concerns I hear people losing jobs today talking about have an undercurrent of concern about the prospect of the prosperity of the developed world being spread thinner and thinner as the population of the developed world becomes bigger.Traditional economic theory says that automation doesn't destroy jobs, it creates new ones
I believe we can rely on that being a temporary condition, remedied by the vacuum for such skills created by the need for them. However, that doesn't mean the remedy will necessarily be applied to the same people who were displaced. It could just as well be applied to anyone anywhere. See above.At some point, however, I wonder if the new jobs require more sophisticated skills than displaced workers are capable of developing.
The questions were posted, because most of the events that were mentioned, had already happened before most of our citizens even had a clue as to how or why they happened. The "TECHNOLOGY" that allowed them to happen occurred within the government, or private companies... long before they cme to the attention of the general public. The general public learned about them after the fact.
After the fact means after the events had already cost the public when they became aware. The horse was out of the barn.
Do like the Victorians- go into service and live downstairs.I'm afraid that not everyone has the intellectual horsepower to be an engineer, so how do they earn a living wage going forward?
Tim
Except that at all over the world, in many different languages including very sophisticated ones like Spanish and French, my woman often means my wife, in that it implies a woman with whom you cohabit, may support, may have children with and will get seriously annoyed if some other man makes a play for her. If you doubt this, go into any working class bar in the US south and hit on a woman sitting with a guy, or perhaps the guy has gone to the bathroom-when he comes back you could catch a battle in the teeth.The terms wife and girlfriend effectively require a possessive pronoun because they only exist in relation to a second party. It's not very meaningful to say, "I was sitting next to a beautiful wife." So the "my" defines the partner in the relationship rather than actual possession. However you can sit next to a beautiful woman, who can exist outside of a relation to a second party, so if you say she is your woman, that does imply possession.
Sorry. Now back to your regularly scheduled discussion...
The consequence that I most often worry about is this: Traditional economic theory says that automation doesn't destroy jobs, it creates new ones (e.g. automobiles displace people in the horse business, but allow for those people to begin building or repairing cars instead). At some point, however, I wonder if the new jobs require more sophisticated skills than displaced workers are capable of developing. That time may already be upon us as highly-paid jobs for STEM workers go unfilled while the unemployment rate is 7-8% and people struggle. I'm afraid that not everyone has the intellectual horsepower to be an engineer, so how do they earn a living wage going forward?
Tim