As the US economy slowly reopens, unwinding from the COVID-related lockdowns of 2020 and early 2021, employers are facing an unprecedented shortage of available workers. Many reasons have been cited for the lack of employees, including low pay, overly generous unemployment benefits, and lingering fears of COVID-19.
No matter the rationale, one solution to the problem has been an uptick in the already rising trend of businesses (especially major corporations) embracing automation. And while labor shortages persist, the trend toward automation means that more and more people are, in effect, competing against increasingly sophisticated technology.
Which begs the same question we […]
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