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Incheon
Zenith Foreign
the 8th Language
High School

Advent of the fourth Industrial Revolution

Is it always beneficial to us?

Can you really imagine your car driving itself to your work- revolutions.
place for you, and a robot secretary scheduling the day We might simply think this technolog-
with the precise time unit? You would simply think it's still ical development is always good for
far away, but it's not, we should face the reality. us. But in fact, it isn't always benefi-
The world is developing at an exponential rate, with the cial. The development of AI and data
creation of a science and technological revolution. The communication technology can bring
process in four different industrial revolutions proves the about, first, the invasion of privacy.
dramatic change of the world we are living. Those revo- Think about CCTV, for instance.
lutions always lead us to a big change not only in our Even though it makes our life more
everyday lifestyle, but also in economy and society. secure, we are sacrificing our privacy
The first industrial revolution occurred in 18th century in rights for it. Second, a huge extinction
England, with the invention of machines and new tech- and change of jobs can occur. It is
nologies. The main sources of the first revolution were said that later on, policemen might
coal and iron, and therefore it especially focused on the disappear since robots will easily replace their work with
fabric industry and iron manufacturing. In the second in- more systematic performance; just like the workers of fac-
dustrial revolution in 19th century, in contrast, oil and steel tory disappeared with the invention of machines in the first
were the main resources. It made the chemical industry industrial revolution. Third, since it emphasizes 'new tech-
and the electric industry nology', big companies with developed technology might
boom. The third indus- monopolize the world economy. Then, small enterprises
trial revolution was would have to be shut down.
based on Jeremy Then, what should we do to successfully deal with the
Rikins' view, an Ameri- fourth industrial revolution? We first need to take a big at-
can economist. He in- tention about change in jobs. The more jobs disappear,
sisted that the the more newly-made jobs need to be created. Also, it
combination of internet development and the renewable seems that the big companies that lead the fourth indus-
energy sources would lead to the third industrial revolu- trial revolution have to focus on protecting the environ-
tion. ment. They should remember; the technology can make
Then what about the fourth industrial revolution? We, now, everything new, but not the nature.
are actually faced with technological change. This step of
the revolution pursues the fusion between society and Son, Jiwoo (2-3)
data communication technology such as AI (Artificial In- wldn49291@naver.com
telligence), Internet of Things (service using the connec-
tion between physical world and virtual world), Big data, Photo References:
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Mobile, etc. The most compelling feature to look at is that berNo=15460786&vType=VERTICAL
since it uses hyperconnectivity and superintelligence, the https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-
velocity and scope of which impact our society unimag- what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/
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inably faster and more hugely, compared to the previous lution.jpg

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