Changing of the Guard
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The world has changed dramatically and that’s why it’s hard to find a job. If you paid attention to history class when you were in Jr High they told you about the industrial revolution. If not, that’s when your grandparents used to all have factory jobs, when Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Cleveland were popping cities and not the rust belts they are today. If you research that time the transition to the technological era we just past through got rid of just as many jobs. But, with this time it crept up so fast, probably because of technology; most people will stay unemployed. I know you think this recession was about the housing huh? NOPE it’s a chance to correct (get rid of old ways and old age) so they can be ready for the new era we will be in.
Simply put there was a time you went to Blockbuster to get a DVD, then Netflix mailed them to you, then Netflix streamed them to you and then your cable company got in on the act. This all happened in the last 10 years so count how many people at Blockbuster lost their jobs off that shit. There was a time you went to Barnes & Nobles, then Amazon sent it from a hospital they turned into a factory in Seattle and now you all want a E-reader because who needs paper. Again ask yourself how many cats lost their jobs at the Barnes & Nobles and even the factory area in Amazon. Damn it I’ll take a step further and say how many cats lost their editorial, publishing, writing jobs now that you can publish your own book and don’t need Simon & Schuster. Get ready they’ll be the next to go.
So really what happened is since everything is automated that takes away plenty of regular folks who have regular jobs. Like I said a while ago McDonald’s will be the next to do the whole damn order without anyone being there. Now cats graduating from college are realizing there are no more entry level jobs. You don’t go to the bank like you used to. You don’t even go to your mechanic as you used to because you have a onboard computer telling you when to go. So to wrap this up technology is causing this recession. Just like in the past cats have to really sit down and think about what will be the future. Since most people will have plenty of freetime anything with leisure should make money.
But, hell if I know what will be the next big thing. I am just keeping my eyes open so I can buy the stock!
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omg don’t say that, i work in publishing! lol i guess i need to get my books done asap! smh
My uncle was right when he said technology was destroying America. Where will all the jobs be??? I heard that we’re now a service based economy.
I’ve been saying the same thing. The jobs that have been lost are not coming back. Its sad but true.
This is to true these jobs are never coming back. In fact with the technology changing everything less people will be needed to work. Do you still think the recession will end in 2012 ??
When the Industrial Revolution started it started slowly. This gave people time to change and learn a new skill. Unfortunately today the Technological Revolution is moving so fast that it is catching everyone by surprise. Which is why so many people are out of work. The low level entry jobs are being automated as we speak this is the future! Technology is even running the US Postal Service out of business because people are using emails, texting and Instant messaging in real time. It is a sad thing that a lot of people were caught of guard and not ready to compete even though they see it coming just over the hill. The truth to the matter is bar is being raised whether we like it or not. its going to be a very bumpy road ahead.
This economy is based on the fact that technology equalized the world. Steve Jobs just retired at 55. So don’t think the tech industry will sustain either. New companies, inventors will emerge. It always happens. Who says Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc. will exist in 2020? You’re right Freeman…I don’t hear these casinos, etc. having a recession. I bet the beer companies are making a fortune. People would rather play than work.
I’ve always believed the best defense is a strong offense.
Get ahead of the trends and see these changes coming down the pipeline and adjust accordingly. If you sit and wait, I promise you’ll be one of constant complainers. If you anticipate changes, you’ll rarely be caught off guard.
Example..Greece started their austerity measures almost 3 years ago – cutting social funding, reducing pension benefits, eliminating public sector jobs…etc. Now they got caught up in the same sh!t that the US did..mortgage back securities, derivatives…etc. I started telling some of My peeps that work in the public sector the start making moves to the private sector and to crank up their own little hustles on the side. Needless to say, they didn’t listen. Now they all shocked, scarred, pissed and confused with what the administration is doing (and best believe its gonna get hella worse). I mean just look at the cutbacks they’ve done in California so far.
There is most def opportunity out there, but you gon havta move…The Game has Changed!!
@AH “People would rather play than work” true dat, see the problem, is while all the advancement was taking place, only a few people felt that people should be able to play instead of work, so much of was was put into place and presented as the norm, was only certain people be allow to play, while everyone else had to work, to allow them all of that free time. People have slowly started to wake up and realize that having a JOB, is not the answer, extreme entreprenurship may be the next big thing as people look for ways to enable more people to take advantage of all this free time and still enjoy life, without the traditional job.
@Kwame…exactly. Something you said..the traditional job is becoming extinct. Even in an era where folks will do anything to stay there. My job is eliminating all benefits. All I will get is a check soon. I’m just a human computer to them. Just Mr. Anderson in the Matrix.
It’s a free-for-all, its up all up for grabs…it’s time to create and innovate. Pardon the rhymes, but that’s what created wealth in the industrial age and it what’s going to create wealth in our technological age. The media wants to distract us with fear so we can’t create. They buying time so that those in power can continue creating in order to monopolize whatever is meant to come. It all seem so surreal to us because we were not around during the great depression or the turn of the industrial age. This is all new to us, we’re at the gate of the tech age…this is were that same innovation that created Ford Motors, Budweiser, GE etc is created or manifested. It’s a lot easier said than done, i agree. But i’m like you, Freeman…eagle eye roaming the valley, seeking out the slightest shift in movement.
I’ve been seeing this exact same trend coming for awhile. Many supermarkets are turning to self checkout lines instead of cashiers. More and more online banks are cropping up and I’m sure that advanced ATMs will be created to replace tellers inside of bank branches. Online shopping is more convenient and is becoming more popular every holiday season. Hell, even colleges/universities are offering more online classes, which will decrease their need for in-class professors. And like you mentioned, McDonalds will soon find a way to automate the ordering and cooking process.
The customers think that technology is great because it offers them more convenience but they don’t realize how this automation will and is affecting their survival. The bank manager doesn’t blink twice when using the self checkout line at the grocery store until two years from now, Bank of America cuts his job when they roll out new and improved ATMs, which will automate the banking process and cut the need for branch management. Why pay salaries and benefits when every banking issue can be corrected with a computer from company headquarters? And with online banking, how much foot traffic have physical branches lost over the years?
The writing is on the wall. Time to put the thinking cap on.
You’re saying what I keep trying to tell my inner circle. Middle class is something that our parents had. Companies are not hiring because entire departments are disappearing. There are the Rich and everyone else. I actually have a draft post talking about how America is shifting that I will publish on my blog soon.
Chase and Mcdonald’s are all I see popping up in every neighborhood. The banking and fast food industry are having fun LOL
This is the time to seek new direction, the old way just isn’t working so we must try something new. I’m actually starting to invest in China.
Times are a changing’
I think your perspective on this is more interesting than usual. Honestly I think I haven’t looked at it this way because I just plain don’t spend much time thinking about things that were clearly dying for some time. The way I tend to see it is that once it’s on the death-spiral, I pretty much consider it gone already and stop thinking about. Case in point, I can’t remember the last time I actually went into a book store. Eventhough I may drive by a bunch of them, when I want a book I immediately and only think about buying online. But I like your analysis from a historical viewpoint though.
@Keish – It’s just a matter of finding out where the flow of publishing will go next. I always think marketing and editing as those are the last areas most people can’t do for theirselves.
@JB – Your generation will be the cats who permanently change the world. All of you use technology in everything. I do too but the majority of the shit I can do without.
@sj3 – Welcome – Your right they won’t come back but most people keep looking for them like Jesus!
@Hassan – I’m still going with 2014 as the end of the recession. I think I said that in my very first podcast. It took Japan 10 years called the lost decade to get out of theirs. The USA is bigger so 7 years is probably more accurate.
@G71 – This is why I stress to cats to get that college degree. I know cat’s may never use it but it will become the separator of the future. People without one will be dancing at Chuck E Cheese or stripping. The world is getting colder on cats who don’t push for something.
@AH – Something new will come up but the cats ready to take advantage are probably 14 years old right now. Just like technology was a young man’s game the next one will too. So for all the unemployed right now they will forever be poor and just die off.
@Supreme – People got to eat and they got to shit. They haven’t made technology to handle that yet. So anyone who starts a neighborhood business should be just fine through all of this. People will have more freetime and what they do with that is usually eat and shit.
@Kwame – Entrepreneurship has always been the way it’s just when there is a lot of jobs most cats prefer the security of the plantation.
@Marco – Cosign the eagle eye analogy! You’re right this is where Billionaires are made because so many cats will wake up and start giving their angle a shot. I’m on it just like everyone else but I had to stay up on the times and realize the gravy train spilled on the track and no one makes gravy anymore.
@Mcd85 – The con was tied into the technology. They found a way for you to get rid of your job by saying it’s a better way to check out your groceries. So they damn near got rid of all entry level jobs in just one decade. They did it during the boom so everyone was happy with money in their pocket. So when the recession hit they don’t have to bring them back because you are already used to going to ITUNES!
As long as we chase after the chips we’ll make the adjustments naturally. If we are trying to be something then they’ll fire you and say they don’t need a cashier anymore.
@LMarie – I like the China move but they haven’t fully changed from a manufacturer to a consumer society. But, it’s around the corner. Technology just got rid of ink cartridges as no one prints anymore. The world is different and we have to think just as fast as our Iphone to stay ahead of the game.
@Carl – Well you are ahead of the game as I think the same way. Historically it was just a slower process but now with the paperless environment the logging companies might disappear too.