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early half of American jobs could be automated in “a decade or two,” according to a recent argument by two researchers in The Economist. The jobs of everyone from telemarketers to
title examiners to watch repairers to library technicians have become endangered by advances from the Internet of things, while many of those that have been deemed safe from such disruption are
hands-on healthcare-related occupations: mental-health social workers, oral surgeons, prosthetists and recreational therapists. Yet, as this phenomenon unfolds, it underscores areas of opportunity,
not only for individuals, but also for companies organized around their skills. "Humans are, and always will be, superior at working with, and caring for, other humans,” Derke Thompson
recently wrote on TheAtlantic.com. “In this light, automation doesn’t make the world worse. Far from it: It creates new opportunities for human ingenuity.”Read the whole story at Chief Executive »
