Jobs and infotech: work in the information society.
By the year 2010, information technology (infotech) will make many jobs more challenging and rewarding, but it may also lead to job loss, boredom, and depersonalization. Consisting primarily of computing combined with telecommunications and networking, infotech includes expert systems, imaging, aut...
| Publicado en: | Futurist Vol. 28; pp. 9 - 14 |
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World Future Society
January/February 1994
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