Technology VS Society

On Thursday, April 30^, 2015, Guangqing Zhang wrote an article on The Government of People called, “Technology VS Income inequality.” Guangqing’s article expresses how rapidly technology is growing and how innovations of robotics will reduce jobs in our society overtime. I agree with Guangqing when she states that the government should take more measures in regulating robotic inventions. Robots can be beneficial to society in many ways, but it also could be a disadvantage to the nations workforce. Overall, robots could be a catastrophe not only to the nation’s workforce, but also to our entire society.

I came across an article on Daily Mail that explains how robots will soon replace 25 percent of US jobs in the year 2025. As a result, millions of people could lose their jobs. The article also inquires if the American people should fear artificial intelligence. Two intelligent men named Stephen Hawk and Elon Musk expressed potential danger of robots if sufficient safeguards ARE NOT put in place. If not, “mankind could be heading to a dark future.”

I enjoyed reading Guangqing’s article because I believe people are not knowledgeable or aware of innovative technology such as robotics and how it can affect our society in many ways. Millions of people could lose their jobs, which could trigger protests and riots. Some say, “In the long term, it could have the potential to play out like a fictional dystopias in which intelligence greater than humans could begin acting against their programming.” Before you know it, the Americans could initiate a war like the movie “i,Robot.” 

Wildstein's Traffic Jam Scandal

On May 1, 2015, David Wildstein a former official of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey pled guilty to federal conspiracy charges and could faced up to two years in prison. David Wildstein, a former ally of Governor Chris Christie, was involved in the George Washington traffic scandal that took place in September 2013. The George Washington Bridge is one of the busiest bridges in the world that connects New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey. The traffic jam was caused by shutting down two of three lanes in which consumers were held up for hours over a four-day period. Wildstein admitted fabricating a cover up story, claiming it was part of a traffic survey, but confessed it was retribution toward Mayor Mark Sokolich who rejected endorsing the re-election bid for Gov. Christie. Wildstein implicated former Christie deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly and former executive director of Port Authority Bill Baroni also appointed by Gov. Christie. Kelly and Baroni are facing up to nine counts of conspiracy, fraud, and deprivation of civil rights.

Governor Christie has stated, "I don't think that has anything much to do with me,” and said the conspiracy was “stupid.” According to the Gov. Christie, he didn’t care to have Mayor Mark Sokolich endorsement anyway.

Governor Christie has not been charged or believed to be involved at this moment. Although, I do believe Governor Christie is protecting himself and knew about the traffic jam scandal regardless if it was his idea or not to organize it. Governor Christie is a potential 2016 presidential candidate, but has not been publicly announced yet.