Will Automation Lead to Terrorism?
When you think of the word terrorism, it brings to light a certain image.
A man, quoting religious lines, preparing to detonate a suicide vest strapped to his chest. Or, a woman covering a machine gun with her clothes while entering a busy shopping mall.
But, what about unemployed French farmers blowing up bridges because their job is now done by a robot? Or, angry, laid off factory workers in Brazil attacking politicians because they didn’t protect their job from automation?
These aren’t the first scenarios (or populations) that come to mind when you think of terrorism. Will they soon be?
Future Chaos
Around the world, automation is predicted to create chaos.
In the US, 80 million jobs are at risk from automation. In South Africa, over 50% of jobs are at risk from automation. In Germany, 51% of jobs are at risk, while in Canada 42% of jobs are at risk of being automated over the next 10–20 years.
Unemployment has been linked to terrorism in the past.
But, this link usually has to do with a specific part of the world, namely the…
