Is the technical gap a concern?

Peter Rapin Subject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent Consultant Ontario, Canada

Much like the wealth gap where less and less people control more and more of the available wealth, are we seeing the same thing in technology? The technical masters are the only ones who understand and can manipulate the technologies while the masses use the technology but have no understanding of its power. During the industrial revolution even the uneducated could see the machinery and how it performed their functions - there was no need to understand physics or thermodynamics or even electrical circuitry to see and understand the results. Now everything is in a very small box (iphone) and communications is invisible. The millennials can text to beat the band but have no interest how the words get from their box to their friend's box across the globe. Sports are now virtual players on screens and there is no sensation of mussel strain or stressed joints (maybe thumbs). Is the gap widening and, if so, should we be concerned?
We are in the world of "haves" and "have-nots". Are we entering into the age of "Techs" and "consumers-of-tech"?

Posted: Mar 19, 2020 5:15 PM

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Peter Rapin Subject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent Consultant Ontario, Canada

Mar 22, 2020 7:20 AM

Replying to Thomas Walenta

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Agree that these technology gaps makes the role of the project manager as integrator, team lead and also as story teller more important. Stories provide mental scenarios we need to become more secure about the future.

SMEs will be replaced by AI over time, as factories are automated, bots answer questions, computers develop antivirus medication.

Maybe at some point a project does not need humans on the team, is it still a project then? I think it is as long as there is a human beneficiary, someone who perceives an outcome to be of value. The project manager will act more as a concierge then, helping to compile the appropriate resources for a problem.

Brings up a very important question: What do we do with the people? There are a number of futuristic movies about this, none of which are very appealing.

Posted: Mar 22, 2020 9:53 AM

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