SXSW 2012 - Honey, We Shrunk the Economy

Honey, We Shrunk the Economy
Event	Interactive 2012
Format	Solo
Organizer	Jeff Jarvis – City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism
Speakers	Jeff Jarvis – City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism
Description	Technology now leads to efficiency over growth. That means that we're not going to have a jobless recovery. We're going to have a jobless future. Pick any sector and see how technology, the internet, global connectedness, and transparent markets are bringing tremendous efficiency. Newspapers have shrunk by hundreds of thousands of jobs and may disappear--while news expands at less cost. Borders, Circuit City and untold stores are gone, superseded by a new retail supply chain--aka, Amazon. Construction has imploded and won't reinflate and recreate jobs. We will discuss the implications for business, technology, education, and policy. Instead of bailing out the old institutions--GM, banks, even governments--we should enable and invest in the entrepreneurs who will disrupt them. Education must shift to nurturing those entrepreneurs and retraining the jobless. We must invest in efficiency. Help me explore these ideas, this future.
Questions Answered	Why is technology different now? Why isn't it creating more jobs than it kills? How are incumbent institutions preventing change and slowing this progress? How should government help this process? Can it? How must education change to serve such a world? What are smart strategies for succeeding in an economy no longer built on growth but on efficiency?
Level	Advanced
Supporting Material	The discussion began here; I'll update this post with links as it continues: http://www.buzzmachine.com/2011/08/05/the-jobless-future/
Category	Government and Technology
Tags	Privacy, sharing, social

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