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Technology: friend or foe to working people?

Vic Duggan 16/01/2018

First, they came for the factory workers, but I did not speak out – Because I was not a factory worker. Later, they came for the bank tellers, but I did not speak out – Because I was not a bank teller. Soon, they’ll come for the taxi drivers, but I do not speak out – Because I am not a taxi driver. Are they coming for me? *** This adaption …



Bill Gates Proposes a Tax on Robots

Paul Sweeney 22/02/2017

There has been a lot of media discussion recently about the increasing possibility of robots displacing workers. When Bill Gates, founder of …

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