The Future of Work

       Because of the way technology has been advancing rapidly, our job opportunities have also changed and advanced. While often on the radio there's discussions of the way AI and robots will take over our jobs, I don't necessarily agree with this. The current trend in the way of robots seems like their purpose will be to make our jobs more efficient or easier. Consider the Roomba, a small vacuum that does the work for itself. One could argue that it's taking over the generally hands-on task of vacuuming, but in another perspective, it can give more free time to busy, working people. Because of this emphasis n new technologies, there has been a rise in jobs in major cities, I think that may be some of the cause for this graph below.

       However, for those unlucky people who don't have good tech skills (me), there is less of a need to move to larger cities. Not only that, Americans seem to be less nomadic than ever. Because of in-state tuition costs, and often starting living out with parents, it seems that most Americans are more reluctant to move than ever.

              When people think of the technology that will be taking over their jobs, it's often focused on a sci-fi version of robots. However, the way that technology is moving is much more focused on AI and large-scale production. It can be especially helpful in fields such as bettering technologies, i.e. better phones, better cars. But is also helpful in advancing our manufacturing, making it more efficient and more accurate.