Background Info
What is the author's name?
James Bessen
What does redistribute mean?
To distribute again but differently.
What fear does computers taking over tasks performed by real human workers bring?
Fear of massive unemployment.
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
What is the genre of the text?
Argument
What does automation mean?
The automatic operation of equipment, a process, or a system.
It is causing a slow recovery from the Great Recession.
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
What is the authors profession?
He is a economist and lecturer at Boston University.
What does blue-collar mean?
Relating to workers who's jobs are performed and work close and often involve manual labor.
What is the author trying to imply with the first sentence?
It makes it clear that the focus won't just be on blue-collar or low-skilled jobs.
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There are none
What book did the author write?
Learning by Doing:The Real Conncetion Between Innovation, Wages, and Wealth
What does Great Recession mean?
A period of economic decline from December 2007 to June 2009.
What does the author also say that automation has caused?
"hollowing out of the middle class"
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
What idea does the author seek to push?
To automate tasks with computer technology.
What does white-collar mean?
Relating to workers whose work does not involve manual labor and who are often expected to dress with a degree with formality.
Why does the author present enough two sides of the topics?
Doing so shows that he has carefully considered both sides. This helps him across as thoughtful and knowledgeable about this topic.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence