Work and New Technologies in Western Societies

Social literature shows the positive effect new technologies have on productivity and growth, thanks to the gradual application of artificial intelligence and automation to the manufacturing of traditional and new goods and services (Brynjolfsson and McAfee 2011 and 2014). Minds, media, and ideas have created a new technological society2, which is populated by machines that are able to listen, talk, operate, and even learn. They offer precision, quality, and efficiency in the carrying out of business activities, but they are taking away human jobs. This trend will become increasingly pronounced in our technological future. Technology is already in our daily life and the Davos powerful leaders said in 2016 that a new wave of family robots is going to take place.