One can take into consideration the article “As Robots Steal Millennials’ Jobs, Young Workers Focus On Skills, Not Careers” penned by Julia Glum and the article “How the economy affects career confidence in the world’s millennials” written by Stephanie Overby that deal with the subject of predominance of technology in the domain of work in the present and the near future. Both the articles raise some very serious issues that need introspection and discussion so as to comprehend the ways in which humans can get accustomed to the technological revolution that would surely affect the work process and opportunities of the people of the world. While one of the articles opines that technology will totally replace humans in future, the other says that humans need to train themselves to adapt to technology and its varied applications. These articles have different perspectives to the matter that suffice to provide a holistic understanding of the scenario in context for one and all. Technology has come to affect human lives in innumerable ways, but it has the potential to affect people and economies even more in the future. A time will come when technology would undermine the presence of humans in the workplace and all the work would be conducted via the use of technological devices.
It needs to be noted that both these articles opine that technology would soon take over the domain of work in future, and the mode of work and roles of workers would get immensely affected by the predominance of machines and robots- something that would have a negative impact on scope of employability of humans. Julia Glum opines that droids, robots and computers would execute most of the jobs in the next few years’ time leaving the humans to constricted opportunities in work. Overby supplements this view as she explicates how technology and its use would define the future of all sorts of work. She goes on to discuss about surveys that have shown how there is a growing insecurity among the younger generations in the developed nations with regard to technological training and expertise. In a survey, “Respondents across all geographies recognized the importance of technology skills to their job opportunities; majorities in both emerging economies (74 percent in India and 71 percent in China) and developed countries (60 percent in France and 59 percent in the UK) said that computer sciences were key educational subjects.” (Overby, 2016) One can understand that both the articles point to the fact that technology would play the omnipotent role in jobs in near future.
The difference between the articles show the way in which technology is working like a specter in domain of work with different reactions in developed and developing nations. “Young people in developed economies are significantly more pessimistic about their job prospects and less assured in their technology aptitude than their counterparts in emerging economies.” (Overby, 2016) It has to be reckoned that the article by Glum goes on to delve into the fact that the entire world’s population would be faced with the impediment of robots executing the jobs presently performed by people in their workplaces. As such, people’s roles would be minimized to be the caretakers of the robots. However, Overby goes on to explicate that the effect would be more in the developed nations of the world. This is because the robots or artificial intelligence would show their presence in the developed nations before in comparison to the developing parts or the underdeveloped nations. As such, the technological boom would surely influence the world, but in phases. This view shows that the disparity of economy and development is a major factor in the transcendence of technology in the workplace.
The difference of the articles shows that there is a gap of skill and training in different economies, and while developing nations would gain in the long run, developed nations might suffer. As such, she urges upon the readers to engage in technology training in the best possible way so as to cope with the transformation in the domain of work. However, Glum is more inclined toward portraying the fact that no matter what, technological equipment would play the pivotal roles in the near future, while people would remain as less competent workers in comparison to the artificial intelligence that would come to take their place. As such, it would be correct to conclude that the articles provide a holistic understanding of the scenario of technological advancement and its impending effects on the economies, people’s lives and the nations of the world.
It would be correct to conclude by saying that both the articles differ in their perspective. While one says that technology would engulf jobs of people, the other is analytic in its approach so as to opine that the effect would be different in developed and developing nations. As such, one can comprehend there is a stark distinction in the analysis of the impending scenario, in spite of the commonality of the opinion about technological predominance in the future. The articles delve deep into avenues of human work and effect on technology on the domain of functioning.
References
Glum, Julia. (2016). As Robots Steal Millennials’ Jobs, Young Workers Focus On Skills, Not
Careers. International Business Times. Retrieved from http://www.ibtimes.com/robots-steal-millennials-jobs-young-workers-focus-skills-not-careers-2271104
Overby, Stephanie. (2016). How the economy affects career confidence in the world’s
millennials. CIO. Retrieved from http://www.cio.com/article/3030255/careers-staffing/how-the-economy-affects-career-confidence-in-the-world-s-millennials.html
