tops a history of manias

... that also cater to the mass market.* As we continue to watch the lights, we can now see that they are attracted to the various panels We watch as thousands of lights steam toward a large automaker’s ... cars have been purchased, and a transfer of wealth has taken place We know that a natural cycle exists within the tunnel Almost instantly, we can see that many thousands of lights scattered randomly ... www.TheLightsintheTunnel.com Paperback and Kindle versions are also available at Amazon.com Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Copyright / License Notice This eBook is copyrighted material However,...

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... strike of the piano keys The Amdahl mainframe at Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL / 34 Michigan had a rating of about seven MIPS.8 So we can think ... injustice and moral outrage associated with slavery rightly attracts nearly all of our attention For this reason, most of us don’t have occasion to think about the overall economic impact of slavery At ... that year, an academic paper was published which contained a mathematical formula called the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model This formula, for the first time, gave a way to calculate the approximate...

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... matter to transmit digital scans to an overseas location for analysis Indian doctors earn as little as 10 percent of what American radiologists are paid.23 As we sawearlier, automation will often ... increase in Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Acceleration / 47 our ability to compute We can also certainly expect that this dramatically expanded computational capacity ... students that take the SAT are, of course, probably above average in turns of work capability It seems pretty clear that, in terms of increasing the capability of our average workers, we have already...

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... Financial statements are already available online Standard data formats are making it increasingly easy for computers to talk directly to one another The “XML” standard is a very popular format ... fair to say that econometrics is another example of change that has come about as a result of our vast increase in computational capability Without Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available ... econometrician, more data Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Acceleration / 95 often means going even further back into the past So a study based on ten years worth of data might...

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... including lack of education and access to capital, small plots with poor economy of scale, trade barriers, and often outright exploitation at the hands of governments and corrupt officials Manufacturing ... stagnant wages Globalization, and in particular the need for American manufacturers to compete against low cost producers in China, has forced job cuts and accelerated the drive toward automation ... in the capability of average human beings We’ve also looked at a variety of specific job types and technologies and shown howautomation is likely to have a much broader impact than many of us might...

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... Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL / 136 Value Added (Wage) of Average Worker Operating Average Machine Also: Overall Wealth of Society (GDP per capita will look ... stagnating wages, increasing productivity and some evidence of underemployment * Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Danger / 135 The Average Worker and the Average Machine ... be a trend away from college education and toward trade jobs that are perceived as being safer from automation and offshoring This impact may fall especially heavily on technical fields such as...

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... because of the availability of natural or agricultural resources (oil or French wine, for example), but much trade occurs because of labor dynamics If a particular country has low wages and/or a particularly ... Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Transition / 183 their ads will attract viable consumers with adequate discretionary income In today’s economy, nearly all of those consumers ... Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Transition / 187 One thing that is abundantly clear is that, in a world where traditional jobs are disappearing, access to health care insurance cannot be coupled...

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... where we are Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Appendix / Final Thoughts / 225 Value Added (Wage) of Average Worker Operating Average Machine Also: Overall Wealth of Society ... Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Appendix / Final Thoughts / 215 Businesses will never fully automate because of the high initial capital investment and the lack of flexibility ... considerations Another point is that both of these factors (high capital costs and the need for flexibility) may tend to push the next wave of automation toward software applications geared toward...

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... create graphics on a computer screen There is also a great deal of speculation about fantastic medical advances that might cure major diseases and perhaps even dramatically extend the human lifespan.* ... pilot and land airliners and many of the advanced features built into Internet search engines and multiplayer role playing games fall into this area Narrow AI is the practical side of artificial ... competent at performing specific complex tasks and may well exceed the capability of a human worker Narrow AI applications are already in widespread use; expert systems such as the software that can autonomously...

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... matter to transmit digital scans to an overseas location for analysis Indian doctors earn as little as 10 percent of what American radiologists are paid.23 As we sawearlier, automation will often ... increase in Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Acceleration / 47 our ability to compute We can also certainly expect that this dramatically expanded computational capacity ... students that take the SAT are, of course, probably above average in turns of work capability It seems pretty clear that, in terms of increasing the capability of our average workers, we have already...

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... Financial statements are already available online Standard data formats are making it increasingly easy for computers to talk directly to one another The “XML” standard is a very popular format ... fair to say that econometrics is another example of change that has come about as a result of our vast increase in computational capability Without Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available ... econometrician, more data Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Acceleration / 95 often means going even further back into the past So a study based on ten years worth of data might...

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... including lack of education and access to capital, small plots with poor economy of scale, trade barriers, and often outright exploitation at the hands of governments and corrupt officials Manufacturing ... stagnant wages Globalization, and in particular the need for American manufacturers to compete against low cost producers in China, has forced job cuts and accelerated the drive toward automation ... in the capability of average human beings We’ve also looked at a variety of specific job types and technologies and shown howautomation is likely to have a much broader impact than many of us might...

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... that new system, so that we can maintain economic stability as auCopyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL / 158 tomation advances in the coming years ... such an investment Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Transition / 169 may be the promise of a better career, but both the individual and society as a whole derive many ancillary ... access to information, too many of us, especially among the younger generation, are failing to assimilate that information The migration toward a society in which a large part of the average person’s...

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... where we are Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Appendix / Final Thoughts / 225 Value Added (Wage) of Average Worker Operating Average Machine Also: Overall Wealth of Society ... Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Appendix / Final Thoughts / 215 Businesses will never fully automate because of the high initial capital investment and the lack of flexibility ... considerations Another point is that both of these factors (high capital costs and the need for flexibility) may tend to push the next wave of automation toward software applications geared toward...

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... including lack of education and access to capital, small plots with poor economy of scale, trade barriers, and often outright exploitation at the hands of governments and corrupt officials Manufacturing ... stagnant wages Globalization, and in particular the need for American manufacturers to compete against low cost producers in China, has forced job cuts and accelerated the drive toward automation ... in the capability of average human beings We’ve also looked at a variety of specific job types and technologies and shown howautomation is likely to have a much broader impact than many of us might...

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... that new system, so that we can maintain economic stability as auCopyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL / 158 tomation advances in the coming years ... such an investment Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Transition / 169 may be the promise of a better career, but both the individual and society as a whole derive many ancillary ... access to information, too many of us, especially among the younger generation, are failing to assimilate that information The migration toward a society in which a large part of the average person’s...

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... because of the availability of natural or agricultural resources (oil or French wine, for example), but much trade occurs because of labor dynamics If a particular country has low wages and/or a particularly ... Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Transition / 183 their ads will attract viable consumers with adequate discretionary income In today’s economy, nearly all of those consumers ... Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Transition / 187 One thing that is abundantly clear is that, in a world where traditional jobs are disappearing, access to health care insurance cannot be coupled...

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... where we are Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Appendix / Final Thoughts / 225 Value Added (Wage) of Average Worker Operating Average Machine Also: Overall Wealth of Society ... Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Appendix / Final Thoughts / 215 Businesses will never fully automate because of the high initial capital investment and the lack of flexibility ... considerations Another point is that both of these factors (high capital costs and the need for flexibility) may tend to push the next wave of automation toward software applications geared toward...

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... Financial statements are already available online Standard data formats are making it increasingly easy for computers to talk directly to one another The “XML” standard is a very popular format ... fair to say that econometrics is another example of change that has come about as a result of our vast increase in computational capability Without Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available ... econometrician, more data Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Acceleration / 95 often means going even further back into the past So a study based on ten years worth of data might...

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... Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL / 136 Value Added (Wage) of Average Worker Operating Average Machine Also: Overall Wealth of Society (GDP per capita will look ... stagnating wages, increasing productivity and some evidence of underemployment * Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon Danger / 135 The Average Worker and the Average Machine ... be a trend away from college education and toward trade jobs that are perceived as being safer from automation and offshoring This impact may fall especially heavily on technical fields such as...

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