Technological Unemployment
True or False: Tech leaders now believe that technology will kill jobs faster than they can be replaced by new ones. (p. 335-336)
True
What does Peter Diamandis believe may reduce the damage caused by the speed of automation? (p. 335)
universal basic income
True or False: Many Latin American countries are taking the initiative to buy industrialized robots in order to stay competitive. (p. 339)
False
Why will developing countries be the most affected by automation?
(p. 337)
They have the largest number of people working manufacturing
What is your Teacher's name?
Lizzie
Why are futurists like Peter Diamondis now less optimistic about technological unemployment? (p. 335)
Automation is progressing faster than originally anticipated
What did a study in Dauphin, Canada find after experimenting with universal basic income? (p. 340 - 340)
people were healthier and better educated
What advice did the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, give to young graduates? (p. 336)
to find purpose and be persistent in their endeavors
What originally caused Adidas to move their factories to China?
(p. 337)
Chinese workers provided very cheap labor
What is your Teacher's REAL name?
Corrie
What happened to Oppenheimer that put him in a state of shock?
(p. 333 - 334)
A cashier he often talked with was replaces by a machine overnight
How does economist Ferdinando Regalia suggest the system of conditional cash transfers in Latin America be improved? (p. 343)
The conditions must be enforced along with providing improved education
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
According to Zuckerberg, there are three great challenges that future generations should take on. What are they? (p. 336)
1. overcoming diseases like obesity
2. putting a stop to global warming
3. developing more renewable energy sources
According to the World Bank, what will determine a country's competitive advantage in becoming an international manufacturing center? (p. 338)
the ability to have new robots and 3-D printers
When did your teacher come to Korea?
2019
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What will happen when the price of robots falls? (p. 337)
Rich countries will replace their outsourced workers with robots.
What is one of the main arguments in favor of a universal basic income? (p. 340)
"...it would save governments a lot of money-especially in hospital costs and healthcare services...if people had enough money to study a trade and remake their lives"
What caused the digital job of social network administrator to multiply since 2016? (p. 347)
the explosion of fake news scandals online
At what rate is Adidas able to produce shoes? Tell the rate for Chinese Factories and the Roboticized factory in Bavaria, Germany (p.337)
Chinese Factories - several weeks
Roboticized factory in Bavaria, Germany - 5 hours
What is your teacher's favorite animal?
Goats
What is most likely to happen if wages for workers continue to increase in places like China and Mexico and the price of robots continues to fall? (p. 337)
"...it will be increasingly profitable for U.S. and European multinationals to replace these workers with robots in their own territories, closer to their home markets."
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What is a Conditional Cash Transfer?
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) aims to reduce poverty by making welfare programs conditional upon the receivers' actions. That is, the government only transfers the money to persons who meet certain criteria. Examples: enrolling children into public schools, getting regular check-ups at the doctor's office, receiving vaccinations, or the like.
They have been hailed as a way of reducing inequality and helping households break out of a vicious cycle whereby poverty is transmitted from one generation to another.
What does New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman mean when he says, "our kids will have to 'invent' a job"? (p. 348)
"...the lucky ones will find their first job, but, given the pace of change today, even they will have to reinvent, re-engineer and re-imagine that job much more often that their parents if they want to advance in it"
Name 3 items that are manufactured in factories.
shoes, toys, tools, etc
What is your teacher's dog's name? DOUBLE points if you can name both!
Lilo