The future is now and America is not prepared for it.
This according to Axios Editor Steve LeVine.
"The biggest takeaway is that the future is now," LeVine told CBSN in an interview on Friday.
"We're not prepared at all," he said, for the "jobs apocalypse" resulting from automation.
We shy away from the political endorsements but when it comes to the jobs situation, the politicians are not even talking about it. The problem is only compounded by the fact that many want to debate whether this is even going to be a problem. There is a faction out there that believes this time will not be any different.
"You see scores of companies complaining they can't find enough skilled labor...they are not prepared to train new workers. And as a country we have not even started talking about, 'How do we retrain our workforce?'" LeVine said.
At least 10 million U.S. jobs are at high risk of losing out to automation in the next decade as companies replace them with machines, a recent analysis from research firm CB Insights found.
If forecasts like these are correct, what is going to happen when 10 million people cannot find work due to inadequate skills? What will occur if that number is really 15 million?
Failure to discuss this topic can be viewed as a major mistake.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-policymakers-unprepared-for-automation-jobs-apocalypse/
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