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perform will be carried on a tiny silicon chip. As soon as this
technology is available, these people will be as obsolete as the
horse and cart after the invention of the motor car. One change
will make thousands, if not millions, redundant.
Even people in traditional professions, where expert
knowledge has been the key, are unlikely to escape the effects of
new technology. Instead of going to a solicitor, you might go to
a computer which is programmed with all the most up-to-date
legal information. Indeed, you might even come up before a
computer judge who would, in all probability, judge your case
more fairly than a human counterpart. Doctors, too, will find
that an electronic competitor will be able to carry out a much
quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more
efficient courses of treatment.
In education, teachers will be largely replaced by teaching
machines far more knowledgeable than any human being.
What's more, most learning will take place in the home via
video conferencing. Children will still go to school though, until
another place is created where they can make friends and
develop social skills through play.
What, you may ask, can we do to avoid the threat of the
dole queue? Is there any job that will be safe? First of all, we
shouldn't hide our heads in the sand. Unions will try to stop
change but they will be fighting a losing battle. People should
get computer literate as this just might save them from
professional extinction. After all, there will be a few jobs left in
law, education and medicine for those few individuals who are
capable of writing and programming the software of the future.
Strangely enough, there will still be jobs like rubbish collection
and cleaning as it is tough to programme tasks which are largely
unpredictable.
If we accept that people have the need to work, then an
option might well be to introduce compulsory job sharing and to
limit the length of the working week. Otherwise, we could find
ourselves in an explosive situation where a technocratic elite is
both supporting, and threatened by, vast numbers of the
unemployed. Whether the future is one of mass unemployment
or greater freedom and leisure will depend on how change is
managed over this difficult period and how the relationship be-
tween work and reward is viewed.
II. Reading for main ideas.
1.Using the information from the article agree or
disagree with the statements. Say Yes or No.
____Over the past years new technologies have completely
revolutionized our lives.
____Some traditional professions (for example lawers) will
escape the effects of new technologies.
____The new electronic devices will cause the changes in
education and medicine.
____Some jobs will still exist as they are difficult to be
programmed.
____New technologies will be dangerous for people.
____New technologies will completely replace people in all
areas of their lives.
2.What’s your opinion? Do you think people are right
when they say that new technology is “a double edged
sword”?
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