Thomas Friedman: Progress As Propellant For The Permanent Elimination Of Good Jobs
3-D Printer
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"Automation, Robotization, Software-Enhanced Productivity, and Permanent Job Loss"
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Thomas Friedman: "I saw the outlines there of three radically new business trends that the United States should want to dominate. The first derives from a phrase tossed off in passing by Luana Iorio, who oversees G.E.'s research on three-dimensional printing: "Complexity is free," she told me. That is actually a very big statement. In the old days, explained Iorio, when G.E. wanted to build a jet engine part, a designer would have to design the product, then G.E. would have to build the machine tools to make a prototype of that part, which could take up to a year, and then it would manufacture the part and test it, with each test iteration taking a few months...Today, said Iorio, engineers using three-dimensional, computer-aided design software now design the part on a computer screen. Then they transmit it to a 3-D printer, which is filled with a fine metal powder and a laser device that literally builds or "prints," the piece out of the metal powder before your eyes, to the exact specifications. Then, you immediately test it -- four, five, six times in a day."Thomas L. Friedman in The New York Times.
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