A timely warning to adapt to the approaching ‘Tsunami of Tech’ – IRR
CAPE TOWN — It sounds futuristic, but the debates about the divide between rich and poor being widened by newly-created robot-owning classes and the dangers of human labour displacement boosting populism are both topical and hugely relevant. Here a Prof. Rabelani Dagada, a policy fellow at the Institute of Race Relations, takes an upbeat view of the current tech turbulence, citing convincing examples to argue that information and communications technology will boost economies and create new jobs. Our politically powerful unions should take a step back and respond quickly to the fast approaching tsunami of tech by taking the lead with custom-crafted education, training and grooming. Waiting for a government in policy paralysis and a nation in almost blinkered introspection will certainly not be in the best interests of union members. Trying to beat back the tide in King Canute-like fashion would be an exercise in futility. Dagada thinks it’s time to promote the natural and social sciences to best enable workers to take advantage of the fast-approaching changes. The alternative is to delay even further our economic recovery from the years of wholesale Zuptoid capture and narrow socialist thinking. – Chris Bateman By Rabelani Dagada* Rabelani Dagada Largely, there…
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