The New World
Since the beginning of time humans have been creating the future and facing challenges. Inventing fire, Agriculture, The first modern solar calendar was invented. The world kept innovating and increasing in population. Now we are in the new generation where we are facing a new adversity created by humans that might be the toughest one to overcome for the general population.
Robots are taking over many jobs that the general population specializes in and large firms and companies support the movement into this technological world. The movement is economically beneficial to them, robots mess up less than humans and don’t require wages. The question is why are humans so special?
Education
Stephen Sanger the chairman for Wells Fargo believes that U.S jobs are at “high risk” of automation and as many as 38% of U.S jobs can be taken over. The country that everyone always seem to fit into and make a steady living regardless of the education and skill level is in a dark path back into the cold war.
Areas with low education the U.S is more vulnerable than any other nation in the world, for instance the financial and insurance sector has a much higher possibility of being automated than the British ones because the American finance workers are less educated.
The Truth
Although this all sounds overwhelming automation in my opinion will be slowed down and the situation is very “hyped up”. A such thing would never happen due to economic decisions, sometimes having a robot might be more maintenance, and more expensive than a human with a wage.
The government could never allow all companies turn into a monopoly, they could impose high taxation on firms that are automated and make it so they would eventually start giving jobs to people. The government could also start turning this problem into an advantage, where people all still have jobs but with better education and with robots working where people are under qualified for.
Conclusion
To answer the essential question of why are humans so special? It is because we as humans are always going to be competitive and are always going to adapt and change into different circumstances. It is so simple to think of automation taking over but it is also so simple to think that humans are going to give their jobs up and drop economically. Why would the government protect humans, and compete with the other economies and strive to be in the best shape economically to demonstrate the best living. Automation is going to be one of the best human creations ever and will help the economy strive like never before.