This is a really good video timeline on bestreviews.com that takes you through a desk in 1980 to a desk in 2017. With the essentials on a desk covered in items in 1980 to merely a laptop in 2017. Look at that progress:
With the speed at which technology grows, and changes our lives, it’s more important than ever to be in-the-know about technological progress. Not only will technology improve the lives around us, but it will also change our jobs. It enables automation of tedious tasks and allows us to focus on more cumbersome questions. Technology is really cool. The fact that we can take a desk-full of items and stuff them into a laptop in less than 40 years is impressive.
Instead of being afraid of innovation, we need to embrace it. The advances outlined in the video timeline happened, whether people lost jobs because of it or not. But if you ask anyone who no longer has to do a boring, time-consuming task they’re probably happy about innovation. Technological progress is not going to stop. Worrying about who’s jobs it might take shouldn’t be the priority. Instead, the priority should be seeing who’s lives can be amplified and aligning ourselves for the technological future. It’s an amazing time to be alive.