By Camille Mendler, Principal Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media
Humans have a tense relationship with machines. Consider the back story: For over two centuries, machines have eliminated human jobs.
Machines first revolutionized agriculture, and then factory work. They’ve progressively taken over routine, repetitive, manual tasks.
According to a study, even China – stronghold of proletarian labor – lost 16 million manufacturing jobs between 1995 and 2002. Marx and Engels would be....