Disruptive Technologies and the Sharing Economy
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The internet of things, autonomous vehicles, and advanced materials are disrupting the status quo and changing the way global cities—and countries—work. What new benefits and challenges does this latest revolution bring? How do global cities best support and promote creativity and innovation? How will lawmakers regulate these new businesses and resource platforms, and should they? Panelists: Scott C. Brun, MD, Vice President, Corporate Strategy Office Head, AbbVie Ventures Dan Doctoroff, CEO, Sidewalk Labs Adam Pellegrini, Divisional Vice President, Digital Health, Walgreens Rachel Whetstone, Senior Vice President of Policy and Communications, Uber Keith Williams, President and CEO, UL LLC Moderated by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US News Editor, Financial Times
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Anyone else notice the group-think among this pane? The similar phraseology, mirroring body postures, the up-talking? For a bunch of supposed innovators they all seemed to hold remarkably similar elitist, utopian positions.
That aside, the last question was (for me) the most interesting - i.e. what about the social impact of the labor displaced by the driverless vehicles, robot, etc. - and they just blew him off by effectively saying, "Don't worry about it, we'll dream up new jobs, but training might be a problem." Call me a Luddite, but I see much more problems than that. When your taxi drivers and UPS drivers are unemployed that is not trivial. But, when AI displaces your HR Manager (already happening), and your Physicians Assistant; when a robot replaces your Pharmacist, and an Algorithm replaces your stock broker, it starts to get much more severe. Then, the bifurcation of society gets even worse, and the tax revenues that are going to fund all this stuff go away.
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