The main theme of the article is its focus on how certain popular notions regarding technology and labours and its linear correlation are misleading towards certain assumptions in academia. The emphasis put upon technology destroying labour opportunities is critically evaluated in the text. The main argument of the article is that technology is not antithetical to labour power. In most cases, it complements the existing structure of labour. A cause and effect analysis of technologies related to production and labour gives a picture of how automation swept out most of the jobs. The author argues that it is one of the factors that determine the production, labour cost and employment opportunities. There are many social, political, economic and cultural factors which determine the pattern of employment, production and nature of work. These factors do vary across different sections of labour. From high skilled abstract jobs to low skilled manual jobs the impact of technology and other factors showcase different results. The author breaks the conventional assumptions through different studies conducted by himself.
"This essay has emphasized that jobs are made up of many tasks and that while automation and computerization can substitute for some of them, understanding the interaction between technology and employment requires thinking about more than just substitution. It requires thinking about the range of tasks involved in jobs, and how human labour can often complement new technology. It also requires thinking about price and income elasticity’s for different kinds of output, and about labour supply responses"
