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Wearable devices are poised to push smartphones aside
Technophobia distracts people from real economic problems
It’s an auspicious moment for wearables, one that’s been two decades in the making.
Google Glass was just the beginning. A new generation of wearable tech is coming—and it will transform the way you experience the world.
BILL WASIK | Wired
Ian Allen
We might not have expected much resistance to the disease in earlier times, before evidence accumulated that the fears it inspired were irrational.
To judge from the symptomatic hand-wringing the epidemic is spreading, we are on the verge of mass unemployment as work becomes increasingly automated.
Parts of the nation’s commentariat have been seized with a nasty bout of technophobia.
Scott Winship | Brookings
Connecting a Brain to a Chip
Pioneering surgery that involves capturing signals from his brain and restoring movement through a fine network of electronics linked to arm muscles.
A paralyzed man will receive experimental surgery connecting a brain chip to systems that activate muscles in his arm.
David Talbot | MIT Technology Review
Case Western Reserve University
It Creates New Demand, New Jobs
Human creativity and innovation have always propelled us forward.
Innovation has created jobs.
Innovation has raised living standards.
Innovation has made our lives healthier and more rewarding.
History suggests an Optimistic Possibility
The Chief Economist at General Electric, Marco Annunziata, examines the impact of the Industrial Internet on Jobs and the Economy
Marco Annunziata | TED | YouTube
Thanks to technology, the average wage in the United States today is over 10 times what it was 200 years ago, after adjusting for changes in the cost of living
Wages for ordinary workers in textile mills were stagnant for the first few decades of the Industrial Revolution. But as the technology matured, wages rose more quickly.
JAMES BESSEN | The Washington Post
H.C. Williams)
Progress in Technology is Exponential, Not Linear
My main message is that progress in technology is exponential, not linear. Many -- even scientists -- assume a linear model, so they'll say, "Oh, it'll be hundreds of years before we have self-replicating nano-technology assembly or artificial intelligence."
Industrial Revolution Created Jobs
If you really look at the power of exponential growth, you'll see that these things are pretty soon at hand.
Ray Kurzweil | TED
TED | YouTube
This commitment unlocked the resources of society and took Britain into a new world of activity and energy. And the accent of political liberalism and enlightened thinking meant change was more likely to happen in Britain than elsewhere.
Robots Create Jobs
In the 18th century there was a commitment to new ideas, new devises, new machines, new processes.
Jeremy Black|BBC TWO
Documentary Channel 13 | YouTube | BBC-TWO
Technology never has destroyed jobs on a net basis and it won’t in the future.
Many experts would have us believe that robots and other technologies are behind the job drought. That couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Robert D. Atkinson|MIT Technology Review
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Christopher Mims | Quartz QZ.com
The internet of things will become more central to society than the internet as we know it today.
The internet of things replaces the internet-related actions we already know—click a button, navigate a webpage—with context.
An invisible button is simply an area in space that is “clicked” when a person or object moves into that physical space.
Railways Enable a Connected World
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Railways became the pivotal technology for a connected world.
Railways quickly developed into the driving force behind the industrial revolution
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