For years it has been feared that machines will replace people in the workplace and this is sadly becoming the case in many industries. Advancements in technology have meant that many repetitive manual tasks have been taken away from man and onto machine. This has been especially evident in heavy industry and manufacturing. The previous fears of early historians who predicted this however, failed to envision how the economy would survive and often thrive. They also failed to see that technology, although replacing many jobs would bring with it new industries and a need for new workers for a variety of roles. According to The Guardian, technology has created more jobs than it has replaced. This comes in various levels of change.
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