Since the 18th century technological advance have replaced people in the workplace. with today's technology this process is happening at a greater rate. Technology is increasingly responsible for unemployment. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Technological advances always have an impact on people at the task. Sometimes it can mean that people are no longer necessary in their jobs, but sometimes they make people work easier. We can define automation as scientific knowledge used for practical purposes in industry and commerce. I would

also

like to make a

further

distinction between

this

and high machinery, which is electronic or information technology. In my view, automation really began to have an effect on business in the early in the 20t century. The result of

this

was that certain industries like the car industry did not really need as many people, as automated machines and robots were able to do jobs

such

as painting the van, or putting the wagon together.

However

, if we now turn to look at the effect of high technology on the workplace, in my opinion, there has been a different effect. It is true that computers are able to do some things that people used to do and advanced in high machinery have made people's lives better through improvement in communication.

For example

, now we have e-mail, MSN and some electronic tool chat with friends or business partners.

In addition

, people working in services industries like banking use computers much more

then

conjunction used in comparatives

than

pen and paper nowadays.

In addition

, some job can be done from home, which means that people do not need spend time travelling and can work where and when they want to. In conclusion, technology has resulted in unemployment in some traditional industries like car production.

On the other hand

, in other industries

such

as services industries, machinery has improved the way the performance.