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Category: Society & Politics
Tags: automation, business, globalization
Background information: http://en.wikipedia.org
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Automation is beneficial to the development of a society  
  • because: automation improves the working environment and production process  +33.34%

    • because: Automation improves working safety  +61.16%

      • because: Hazardous operations are now taken up by automated machinery  +80.65%

    • because: Automation makes workplaces more enjoyable  +32.26%

      • because: Automation replaces manual labor for tedious jobs  +40.32%

    • because: Automation helps to provide a more stable production process  +6.59%

      • because: automation reduces error rate  +33.33%

        • because: machines and computers are less prone to err than human beings, especially when they come to deal with calculations and routine  +33.33%

      • but: the degree and levels of automation increases the consequences of error  +20.16%

        • because: a small mistakes may lead to rapid catastrophic consequence with increasing levels of automation over ever larger domains of act  +8.06%

  • but: automation leads to the enervation of human labor and disappearance of manual labor skills  +30.65%

    • because: automation leads to the over-reliance of man on machines and computers  +40.32%

  • but: automation leads to the alienation of individuals in the society  +29.44%

    • because: automation turns the work place into a cold, dead, mechanical place  +29.03%

    • because: automation reduces the chance of communication among individuals  +24.19%

  • because: automation improves the quality of life  +23.96%

    • because: Automation improves the quality of the manufactured products and services  +56.99%

      • because: In the case of health care, automated robots allow performance with levels of accuracy and precision otherwise not normally possible  +80.65%

    • because: Automation leaves individuals with more free time  -9.07%

      • because: manual labor is replaced by machinery and computer systems  +80.65%

      • but: replacement of manual labors doesn't entail a decrease of workload of the original workers  +68.55%

        • because: workers are rather asked to take up other job that either cannot be accomplished by machinery and computer or is uneconomic to do so  +80.65%

  • because: automation leads to exponential economic growth  +14.25%

    • because: Automation greatly increases industrial productivity  +58.33%

    • because: automation reduces production costs  -29.84%

      • but: it is necessary to provide a skilled workforce who can make repairs and manage the machinery  +50%

      • but: the initial costs of automation are high, update and replacement with new technologies are always need which are very expensive  +9.68%

        • but: constant reinvention and improvement of production process is not unique to automation but universal for every business  +8.06%

  • because: automation improves the living standard of the general public  +0.89%

    • but: automation leads to severe unemployment  +61.16%

      • because: automation displaces workers from their original positions  +61.16%

        • because: automation replaces manual labour with robots and computers  +80.65%

    • because: during the period of automation, the general well-being of most people in the world has increased dramatically  (Wikipedia (2019)) +43.33%

    • because: automation in fact leads to higher employment  +20.5%

      • because: unskilled labors are also benefited, especially those from developing countries  +34.28%

        • because: fewer people are willing to take up "lower" jobs  +28.23%

          • because: higher educational level is needed to preserve competitiveness in market with the introduction of automation  +48.39%

      • because: the freeing up of the labor force allowed more people to enter higher skilled jobs, which are typically higher paying  +6.72%

        • because: not every job can be replaced by automation so far, e.g. that involves creativity  +41.67%

        • but: it may well be merely a short term phenomenon  +28.23%

          • because: with the continuous advancement and globalization of the automation of workforce, automation is encroaching on ever more skilled  +56.45%


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