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What Is the Impact of Automation?
Technology is meant to help make things easier by eliminating steps or whole tasks altogether. In practice this leads to some problematic consequences. When people lose their jobs to robots which are able to do them faster and more precisely, it saves an employer time and money, but it also means that someone's skills and livelihood are obsolete. On the other hand, automation is a positive element to various groups. Can smart houses help the elderly to live comfortably? Will it make agriculture more efficient? This anthology interprets the benefits and drawbacks of automation from contrasting perspectives. Readers will expand their understanding of key ideas regarding automation and the future of how we work and live.
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Review: What Is the Impact of Automation?Each well-chosen selection raises fascinating questions about the legal and ethical aspects of each issue, inviting teens' empathy with personal histories as well as facts. With up-to-date, relevant resource lists and expertly edited selections, these volumes, like others in the venerable series, are natural choices to support high-school debates and classroom discussion.Booklist, March 2011RL
Grades
10-12+ IL
Grades
9-12+ 
