rity believing that individuality and creativity are human skills that should never be overshadowed by large companies that only want to make a profit. Furthermore, what will this society come to if every one acts and thinks like machines? What would happen to free will or even democracy? The word ‘demos’ means people and ‘cracy’ means rule. Hence, will we have a future political system called “autocracy”, where we will be ruled by automated systems designed to anticipate our political and social needs?Today we still have a chance to be creative individuals if we oppose professions that take these privileges away from us, but will we have that chance 50 years from now or will automation be so integrated in our society that it is too late? I hope not, because if this were to happen I would have wasted a lot of tuition money.Journal #2The Electronic Sweatshop by Barbara GarsonChapters 3 to 8SummaryChapters three through six mainly portray how professions have become increasingly automated and jobs such as social workers, stockbrokers, and possibly even therapists and psychologists are denounced to clerk positions. Garson explains how computer or file monitoring systems and expert programs are turning white-collar positions into entry-level jobs. Social workers for instance spend less time at personal interaction with a case client and are involved in maintaining a monthly quota of hours worked. Additionally, brokers are using computer programs that allow them less judgment when dealing with a client’s portfolio. Garson also mentions how expert software has the potential of even replacing certain tasks of a job or entire professions.Chapters six through eight deal with how supervisors use certain software in order to keep track of their employees’ productivity. Ever since secretaries have used computers for their word processing needs, bosses are able to keep track of how many keystrokes have...
