TECHNOLOGICAL UNEMPLOYMENT: EDUCATING FOR THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
TECHNOLOGICAL UNEMPLOYMENT: EDUCATING FOR THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Author(s): Michael A. PetersSubject(s): Business Economy / Management, Sociology of Education
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: technological unemployment; robotization; job displacement; fourth industrial revolution; automated cognition; post-industrial education;
Summary/Abstract: This paper reviews recent concerns and discussions about technological unemployment focusing on the trope “the robots are coming” and beginning with reference to the World Summit (2015) devoted to the issue. There is consensus that robots and big data systems will disrupt labor markets, kill jobs and cause social inequalities. The paper examines Klaus Schwab’s concept of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” – a concept that underlied the recent Davos meeting to inquire about the role of education in an age of automated cognition.
Journal: Journal of Self-Governance and Management Economics
- Issue Year: 5/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 25-33
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
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