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Technology and the Future of Jobs

Posted September 13, 2011 11:12 AM

From CNN.com - Technology:

The U.S. Postal Service appears to be the latest casualty in digital technology's slow but steady replacement of working humans. Unless an external source of funding comes in, the post office will have to scale back its operations drastically, or simply shut down altogether. That's 600,000 people who would be out of work, and another 480,000 pensioners facing an adjustment in terms.

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09/14/2011 12:44 PM

Wow.

What a worthless piece of drivel.

This issue is NOT new. Anybody still get their milk delivered to their doorstep? I remember when garbage was different from trash. The garbage man collected all the kitchen scraps from a pail in a below-grade receptacle with an hinged iron lid and toted them off to the pig farm. The trash, we hauled to the dump (now called a sanitary landfill or transfer station). As for people (skills) becoming obsolete, that's a personal problem. Nobody owes you employment. Period. You either adapt or perish. It's no different now than it ever was.

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09/15/2011 3:42 PM

That was Harsh but very true. Given a small amount of imagination and a dash of determination even a postal worker could benefit from change.

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