“Is automation making us helpless?” Summary
In her article, “Is automation making us helpless?” Margaret Wente argues that we are more dependable on technology and are losing the skills we had. The author expertly defines, that we don’t have and use the same skills that our elders once used. Computerization has slowly deskilled various professions and Wente argues people are slowly losing mastery on their day-to-day skills. From hunters to pilots and doctors, everyone is hitched on technology—making their lives and careers more advanced but at the same time degrading their skills. Doctors are spending more time with the machines then actually interacting with their patients. Pilots don’t have to waste their energy and knowledge flying the planes
In her article, “Is automation making us helpless?” Margaret Wente argues that we are more dependable on technology and are losing the skills we had. The author expertly defines, that we don’t have and use the same skills that our elders once used. Computerization has slowly deskilled various professions and Wente argues people are slowly losing mastery on their day-to-day skills. From hunters to pilots and doctors, everyone is hitched on technology—making their lives and careers more advanced but at the same time degrading their skills. Doctors are spending more time with the machines then actually interacting with their patients. Pilots don’t have to waste their energy and knowledge flying the planes