Half of IEET Readers Believe Technological Unemployment Has Begun

May 17, 2014

Of the 428 IEET readers who responded to our latest poll 51% believed that technological unemployment - technology destroying jobs faster than it creates them - has already begun. Another 9% believed it had not yet begun but would soon.

Twenty percent believed that it is possible for job retraining to keep pace with technological change, and another 20% believed that technology will continue to create as many jobs as it destroys.

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