The World Wide Web Revolution: Jobs Lost

How Technology is making the world a better place, and the jobs it is destroying the in process Time Magazine has a pretty good infographic on jobs that are becoming obsolete due to technology. Their list includes obvious things like travel agents, postal workers, video rental clerks, and photographic processors but includes some others that were a little surprising. On the list were office clerks, supermarket cashier, call center operator, and taxi drivers. With the advent of the world wide web, and subsequently the internet, people have been able to chop away at the "middle-man" that was handling even mundane, everyday things. Clerks are disappearing because clerical work has been streamlined by email and the access to a single document for alterations by anyone who has access to it; in many grocery stores, supermarket cashiers were given the ax because the efficiency and accuracy of a scan it yourself machine that can count bills, read and collect coupons, and charge credit and debit cards without any hassle; but the most significant job I am blown away by is taxi drivers. Taxi drivers are soon to be going the way of the dodo thanks in no small part to driverless cars. A few states in the U.S. have already been approved for use of driverless cars on their roads and highways. With access to wireless internet technology a driverless car can easily be flagged down with an app, drive directly to you, pick you up, and deliver you to your destination; no tip required and the absence of rude and smelly men and women. The internet has radically changed the world in the past 20 or so years and it will continue do so, mostly unabated. http://time.com/84780/technology-is-making-these-10-jobs-obsolete/