Farming is cool

By William L (Finland)() Write the World

In today's world, farmers all over the world are decreasing which means our main source of food is being depleted. People have basically abdicated the thought of becoming a farmer and are instead compelled on other careers that seem more lucrative. The agricultural sector is therefore not sustainable which may cause your future glass of milk or slice of pizza to be impossible to make.

This is why the farming culture and the farming lifestyle needs to be revitalized so that the young people of our generation will want to work in the farming industry. Just imagine a dark summer night on a farm somewhere on the outskirts of Italy where you are sitting on the porch in solitude, reading a newspaper. You can smell the petrichor in the air and before you know it, the sky is thundering above your small little house.

You walk inside and call your wife because even though you might be a textrovert, she is the only person you want to actually talk to. You are usually laconic, but talking to her makes you open up and speak freely about what is on your mind. The mizpah you share with her is out of this world and you feel like the relaxing countryside really has made you become closer to each other. Finally, she tells you that she is pregnant with twins and you become the happiest person on the planet. Nothing in the world could sabotage the joy you have of being both a father and a farmer.

Author's notes:

This piece of writing was in response to a writing prompt. Writers had to use some of the stimulus words below as an extra challenge.

Textrovert: Someone who prefers to text rather than talk.

Abdicate: To give up

Solitude: to be alone.

laconic: Uses very few words. A person who keeps things simple.

Mizpah: The deep emotional bond between people, especially those separated by distance or death.

Petrichor: The smell you detect just before and after rain.

Moon: That big white thing in the sky that compels tide.

Compel: To have a very strong desire to do something.

Milk: Produced by a cow.

Sustainable: Something that can continue indefinitely.

Thundered: A loud rumbling sound or voice.

Meraki: To leave something of your soul, creativity or love in your work.

Pizza: an Italian round bread base with a range of toppings,that has been baked in the oven.

Twin: Children born at the same time which can be identical or fraternal (not identical).

Sabotage: An intention to ruin something, to deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct.

Artificial Intelligence and The World of Work

Yaashini, Boon Lay Secondary, School, Singapore Padlet

Robots and AI are already helping us in many ways. But should we worry about them taking our job?

According to a 2016 paper by James Bessen, an economist at Boston 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 said that the relationship between technology and jobs does not have to be inversely proportional.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. –Albert Einstein (Scientist)

To be frank, Artificial Intelligence is already starting to take up jobs from hourly human workers and definitely going to continue. we cannot simply put a stop on technology innovation it often creates worse situations than allowing people to innovate.

The majority of jobs that have been displaced or that are at risk for being displaced are process-driven jobs. These are positions that can easily be automated, such as manufacturing, customer service and transportation jobs. However, experts often advise humans and robots to work alongside each other. Not to mention that soft human skills like communication, creativity and empathy will always be needed because robots can’t replicate those skills.

However, The popular opinion is that they would not take over our jobs.Communication, high-skilled and creative jobs won't be taken by robots

In conclusion, My personal opinion is that AI won't destroy more jobs than it creates. No, the pace of technological change isn't accelerating. And no, we certainly don't need to tax AI to slow it down. Automation, whether from AI algorithms or computer-aided machine tools, hasn't led to net job losses yet, and it never will