#4thIndustrialRevolution

http://TechRepublic/voices/2811-fourth-industrial-revolution



The Fourth Industrial Revolution, an age in which scientific and technical advances are unsettling industries, distorting geographical limitations, challenging existing supervisory outlines, and even redefining what it means to be human. The digitization of products, big statistics and cloud computing makes it easier to understand and meet individual customers needs more precisely. We are at a point of variation, whereby the rules from the industrial era of mass production are giving way to the digital era of individualization and optimization. WEF_C4IR_Network_2018

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Advantages of using the hashtag on social media

Online Privacy

Doing shopping or banking in the comfort of your home, not having to sit in traffic, ordering food online will eliminate the waiting and having to stand in cues.
Smartphones track your location, and you can share that information with other apps that recommend places to eat and shop.
Retailers consider your purchase account to endorse products and offer coupons to stimulate more sales.

It Can Prepare Students for the Real World

Technology guides the modern world, and those who are comfortable using it are likely to have an easier time finding employment. In fact, research shows that nearly 80% of middle-skill jobs require digital skills. Educational technology can help familiarize students with modern technology and even give them experience in oft-used applications like word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation tools. In this way, educational technology can simultaneously teach students specific subjects and develop their general digital skills.Read more at https://www.waldenu.edu/programs/education/resource/educational-technology-top-advantages-of-digital-curriculum#rrVAQODMKheO1oM3.99 

Digital communication

Connecting many people and things allowing them to interact in new ways, giving the public various platforms to communicate and share ideas or business investments 



Disadvantages of using the hashtag on social media
Hacking
Seeing that everything will be done electronically, personal use and privacy will be invaded by hackers,
it will give hacker advantage which would result to financial losses and loss to personal life.
Fraud and scams
Phishing is one of the top online scams used recently, internet thieves’
prey on unsuspected user by sending them links or emails.
They trick you to believing that you are logging onto a safe or trusted website that do business with,
this could be online banking, social media accounts or shopping websites.
Job losses
The 4th industrial revolution come with multiple changes and one of them are jobs,
everything will be done electronically that puts the labor force at risk because people will lose,
they job and that would lead a decline in the economic growth.


 



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Recommendations on how we should address the issue 
  • South Africa must build a pipeline of future talent that can embrace the age of evolving technology .
  • Computer programming or information technology should be part of the curriculum in both primary and secondary schools and it should be a compulsory subject, because  that will enhance our technological advances 
  • The South African government should  unleash innovators through incubation hubs, meaning that the hubs must be aimed to support  the development of technological innovations and its conversion to viable business. 


Will the 4th Industrial Revolution giving a rise to new challenges and questions that the public and private sector can separate, will new technological mechanism disregard jobs, slow the economic growth or will the labor force evolve and catch up with the new technological change?


Comments

  1. MR KENNEDY Matsika19 March 2019 at 10:11

    Great idea, so what can be recommended as a solution to the disadvantages you have mentioned above?

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    1. Valjon Smith 19 March 2019 at 12:11

      The idea of 4th Industrial revolution should be made more advanced , advanced in a way that if you log into any account a fringer print should be requested. That will eliminate the amount of hacking

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  2. Kgabo Bianca Mathuthu19 March 2019 at 10:25

    Great work! It seems to be a great space to be in but also very scary in the idea that people are now losing jobs, most of these people are bread winners who have lots of responsibilities.

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  3. ophelia19 March 2019 at 10:25

    4th industrial is already making people loose they jobs.
    As much as it a good thing I personaly think South Africa is not ready for it.

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  4. Addie19 March 2019 at 12:27

    Now is the time to constantly update ourselves with the new technology. Great content dear

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  5. Kylie Vilakazi19 March 2019 at 12:29

    It is good that we as a country want to keep up with the times but it is also important that the government and businesses look after our people and not just themselves. Measure; policies, should be created; followed and implemented to protect people from losing their jobs. Because now, if everyone is to fully advance into technology and not look after us as well, what is the point of going to school to get knowledge and skills when jobs will no longer be available to anyone. What can be done to ensure that there is equilibrium in this case?

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    1. Fighting the Odds19 March 2019 at 13:29

      The 4th Industrial Revolution is a great initiative, because it keeps us on path with the world and how technology evolves , answering your question ,the government should ensure that peoples jobs are safe and that the economic growth is stable . Government should create opportunities for the people to obtain more than one career/profession. People should avail themselves to be reskilled

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  6. Katlego Modjadji19 March 2019 at 13:23

    We need to move with technology because most of the things require technology so it is important for one to be computer literate.

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