Automation is constantly changing the way we live and work.

1. How Automation Has Affected Our Lives Today
By: Chris Sharanewych

2. Technological advances often
appeared to take away jobs, yes,
but in the long run they lead to
an increase and diversification of
jobs.

3. “In 1900,
40% of all US
employment was
on farms.
Today, it is less
than 2%.”

4. “And yet, the fraction of US adults employed in the labor
market is higher now in 2016 than it was 125 years ago, in
1890, and it's risen in just about every decade in the intervening
125 years.”

5. So
What happened to all the jobs?
We certainly are not eating less…

6. we have the ability
to be more creative
and innovative
than ever before!
Because of automation…

7. Many of the industries we work in
today were tiny or non-existent in
1900.

8. And most of the products we spend our money on today was unattainably
expensive, or not even invented yet...

9. We have more time and wealth in our
disposal than ever

10. “ The average worker in
2015 wanting to attain the average
living standard in 1915 could do so
by working just 17 weeks a year”

11. In 2012, 75% of parents said
they were satisfied or very
satisfied with their work-life
balance.

12. We spend our time differently now…

13. Total Internet
All adults 18+:
27 hours 49 minutes
TV
All adults 18+:
29 hours 18 minutes
TIME SPENT, BY MEDIUM (per week per capita)

14. “When you think that 100 years ago people were lucky to read the equivalent of
50 books in a lifetime but now most children have watched a couple of hundred
movies.”

15. “All you can watch, anytime, anywhere”

16. Automation will affect all aspects of our
life…

17. Autonomous Vehicles
• The trend is already being paved
• “17-year-olds with drivers’ licenses down to 45% in 2010 from more than
two-thirds in 1978”

18. And jobs become more important too

19. Rethink Robotics states “there will always be
a need for humans in manufacturing.”

20. International
Federation of
Robotics said
in a study
last month
that “paid
employment
has increased
in countries
that are the
biggest users
of industrial
robots.”

21. So, the question is-
How do we prepare for the future?

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