In today?s world of technology it is near impossible to find a home that does not have a computer in it. A computer is as essential today as a fridge, stove or bed. In this day and age, everything is done on the computer. Even my 2nd grader comes home with homework that he has to do on the computer.
How did we ever do it? How did we ever get along without a computer? This is particularly true of business. How in the world a business ever got along with no computer is beyond the imagination of the new generation. To, manually do the accounting of a business is beyond comprehension of young accountants today. No business owner today would be willing to pay for the time it would take an accountant to do things by hand.
It is obvious that businesses have improved efficiency because of the use of computers in the workplace, but have businesses lost anything? Businesses have not, other than the total number of employees they need to run the business. That brings me to what has been lost due to the advent of the computer - jobs. Are computers the guilty party? Have jobs been taken away from hard working Americans because of the computer?
Certainly computers have created a number of jobs that did not exist before they invention and common use of the computer. All of the technical jobs relating to keeping computers running, website builders and maintenance, ecommerce jobs, computer manufacturers, etc. The computer industry employs a lot of people.
However, we cannot ignore that jobs have been cut because a computer can assist one person in doing a job that used to take 3, 4 or even 10 people. An accountant certainly can do lots more work today by themselves than they use to be able to. Labor jobs have been perhaps the biggest loser as a result of computers and the automated equipment that comes with it.
It is true that total jobs lost versus those that were created all do to the computer maybe a wash. However, there is one thing that is not being taken into account in this discussion. The jobs created by the computer industry are for technical savvy people. The bulk of the jobs that were lost are not. This causes a large divide in the jobs available the skills of those needing employment.
There was a day, long gone, when a high school graduate could provide for his family by making a living as a laborer. By working hard and staying loyal to a company, these kinds of people earned enough. These are the kind of people who are feeling the effects of the computer age.
So, should we toss out all of our computers? Of course we shouldn't. That would be incredibly stupid. The computer is not the issue that needs to be resolved. So what is the answer to bridging this gap for this segment of America? Time will certainly help as the new generation grows up saturated with the technology skills that they will need, but in the meantime we need entrepreneurs who care about people and their families more than money. - 22787
How did we ever do it? How did we ever get along without a computer? This is particularly true of business. How in the world a business ever got along with no computer is beyond the imagination of the new generation. To, manually do the accounting of a business is beyond comprehension of young accountants today. No business owner today would be willing to pay for the time it would take an accountant to do things by hand.
It is obvious that businesses have improved efficiency because of the use of computers in the workplace, but have businesses lost anything? Businesses have not, other than the total number of employees they need to run the business. That brings me to what has been lost due to the advent of the computer - jobs. Are computers the guilty party? Have jobs been taken away from hard working Americans because of the computer?
Certainly computers have created a number of jobs that did not exist before they invention and common use of the computer. All of the technical jobs relating to keeping computers running, website builders and maintenance, ecommerce jobs, computer manufacturers, etc. The computer industry employs a lot of people.
However, we cannot ignore that jobs have been cut because a computer can assist one person in doing a job that used to take 3, 4 or even 10 people. An accountant certainly can do lots more work today by themselves than they use to be able to. Labor jobs have been perhaps the biggest loser as a result of computers and the automated equipment that comes with it.
It is true that total jobs lost versus those that were created all do to the computer maybe a wash. However, there is one thing that is not being taken into account in this discussion. The jobs created by the computer industry are for technical savvy people. The bulk of the jobs that were lost are not. This causes a large divide in the jobs available the skills of those needing employment.
There was a day, long gone, when a high school graduate could provide for his family by making a living as a laborer. By working hard and staying loyal to a company, these kinds of people earned enough. These are the kind of people who are feeling the effects of the computer age.
So, should we toss out all of our computers? Of course we shouldn't. That would be incredibly stupid. The computer is not the issue that needs to be resolved. So what is the answer to bridging this gap for this segment of America? Time will certainly help as the new generation grows up saturated with the technology skills that they will need, but in the meantime we need entrepreneurs who care about people and their families more than money. - 22787
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