Why is hi-tech Japan using cassette tapes and faxes?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34667380
As Martin Ford, author of Rise of the Robots points out,
the more advanced your IT, the more likely it is to replace you.
So despite the tech-loving public image, much of corporate Japan
seems intent on circling the wagons against automation and using
people rather than machines wherever possible. After all, those
faxes don't pick up themselves.
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--Lauren--
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