Fast food restaurants have provided millions of entry-level jobs for teenagers and young adults, but this is coming to an end, thanks to minimum wage legislation. When a minimum-wage worker can be replaced by a robot, the value of human labor is essentially reduced to zero.
Another short-sighted "Oh, gee" moment where the flip-side of inventions turn dark. Yes, robots can be hacked and remotely controlled against you because they are connected to the Internet of Things, Everything is hackable and people with bad intentions will always be around to do so.
Naturally, Paul Ehrlich of Population Bomb(1970) infamy, is at the heart of this story. Not one single prediction in his original book came true. But, that doesn't deter a true Technocrat like Ehrlich from trying to grab headlines again. Of course, his new prediction requires urgent, urgent, urgent action to thwart the future.
After the release of Parag Khanna's book, Technocracy in America, we predicted that there would be calls for Technocracy, and here it starts. Technocracy is much more than just 'rule by experts' and it will result in Scientific Dictatorship is left unchecked.
Technocracy, justified by Global Warming, is driven by Scientism. Scientism is a religion where science is the oracle and scientists and engineers form the priesthood. As such, it is irrational, inconsistent and arbitrary.
Scientism is a religion that clouds the ability of scientists to discern between fact and fiction, in this case, that climate change is undisputed. In fact, it is widely disputed.
Don't ever think that Islamic states are stuck in past civilizations; rather, they are leading the world into Sustainable Development and Technocracy.
The average drilling rig that formerly needed twenty full-time workers, now only needs five, a drop of 75 percent. Will other new jobs be created for these displaced workers?
OKS takes genetic modification to the next level by patenting several genetic traits in apples, including non-browning features. Technocrat scientists have no ethical concerns over lack of long-term testing for human consumption.
The United Nations is implementing Technocracy, which is 100% data-driven. The stampede to aggregation your personal data is feeding the beast that will control you.