Technology Vs Human Labor

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No doubt that technology made our life much easier, but can we neglect the devastating harms of it on us? The competition between technology and human laborers gets bigger and more dangerous every day. The evolution of technology has made a huge contribution In many fields so the need for human workers decreased so, there is an argument about the future with the continuous evolution of technology and the fate of human workers regarding social and financial sides and fear of that human workers will be eliminated completely.so arguments aroused between people who support technology over human workers and other people who think that we should stop the evolution of technology to keep the human labor to guarantee the continuity of life. Technology …show more content…

This opinion depends on some claims one of them is that technology saves money than human workers. As robots and machines perform their work without financial return as human workers. So it saves salaries and wages and no overtime fees. While the cost of this machines and robots is relatively lower than human labor so it is preferable. Another claim is that technology provides new employment chances. As robots and machines need operators and technicians so, it doesn't eliminate workers in their opinion. Yes, better technology sometimes replaces workers in the short run, but over the long march of history, technological improvements have been a key to economic growth, and economic growth improves prospects for workers across a range of industries. As mentioned in the article entitled "Will Robots Steal Your Job?" by "Farhad …show more content…

The increasing evolution and getting more intelligent is considered a critical threat to the workers that they will be displaced and left with no income to live. The impacts of this on the society is unbearable, how will this eliminated workers will live and from where they will earn money? with no doubt, some will resort to crime. In the article entitled "Rise Of The Machines" "Martin Ford" declares that "automation of manufacturing activity(including the use of robots) has pushed many workers out of the industry". Moreover, the use of machines and robots will increase capitalism that poor workers get much poorer and companies and factories owners get much richer which make a huge gap in the society. Besides that the robots and machines cost too much in maintenance, hardware, and buying software programs in their opposing opinion replacement of technology on human

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