21st Century Tech

JULY 7, 2022

Katie Brenneman is a frequent contributor of content here at 21st Century Tech Blog. In this contribution, Katie talks about how robotics is changing the composition of what we call the labour force. Is this the beginning of the end for human labour? Why Tech Can’t Replace Humans. Is that the entire story?

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E&T

JUNE 14, 2023

He says that the “slightly longer” version of the one-line summary relates to how forms of automation and machines that have been with us for more than a thousand years have been used “to replace labour and make humans essentially more productive”. Not for everyone, but for most people. but who cares?

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E&T

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Not because it’s overblown, but because it doesn’t address the central vulnerability of the humble integrated circuit in the 21st century. It’s the most transformative force not just in technological, but also social and political terms over the past three-quarters of a century.”

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21st Century Tech

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Please welcome a new contributor to 21st Century Tech Blog, David Madden. A business should consider updating its operations by deploying new technologies such as automation which can reduce cycle time and labour costs while also addressing such issues as infectious disease spread within the workplace.

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21st Century Tech

JANUARY 14, 2023

Jane Marsh tackles the supply side of the renewable energy transition in her latest contribution to 21st Century Tech Blog. One example can be found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where mining tycoon Dan Gertler has been cited for violating human rights standards. Congressional Research Service.

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E&T

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This was 21st-century ‘blitz spirit’: we were going to get through this together because ultimately normality was what we deserved. You keep shaking them and rolling them, and you don’t have a virus that’s capable of infecting humans and spreading quickly until you’ve got six snake eyes.

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