According to a recent article in Business Insider, large corporations are scaling back in large scale hiring. This is occurring in sectors for legal services to technology to governmental work. AI and automation are having a major impact along with other factors that some employers refer to as “efficiency gains.” The chances are good that if you are just entering the workforce or looking to move on, you’re already well aware of this. This is the Great Shrinking and it’s just beginning.

In this very special episode of Brave Tech World, I’m offering my experienced insights and tossing out many suggestions. There are alternatives that offer viable entry points and a host of employment sectors that are clamoring for people.

The question of whether something is real or a bot is becoming increasingly common. Bots appear in many forms, including online platforms, news reports, phone communications, and smart devices. While bots often mimic human behavior, their functions differ from those of people.

Bots have more complexity than is sometimes recognized. This podcast will discuss what bots are, how to interact with them, and strategies for managing their impact.

Cryptocurrency has been widely pushed as an exciting new investment opportunity that can make investors extremely wealthy, but it’s really a form of gambling on an unregistered and unlicensed securities. It’s been hyped by major player in the industry, some of whom are now in prison, to South American dictators to some currently playing major roles in the economy this country. Here I look at crypto’s bright promises and potential drawbacks.

In this episode we’re going to be talking cars. There are a lot of options and new concepts and there’s more coming down the road nearly every day. They’ve been an integral part of our existence for well over a century, and at times it still doesn’t feel as if we, as a society, have quite gotten it right yet. I’ll to be talking about what’s seen as being the next phase, but it’s tricky, since those in charge seem to change their minds week by week.

This podcast centers on the investigation of how business interests have generated substantial profits by acquiring extensive knowledge about numerous individuals—encompassing their preferences, interests, concealed desires, scandalous secrets, future intentions, and adaptability. In this domain, all this information is utilized to facilitate the sale of products and services. If you believe you possess free will, that is yet another illusion that is meticulously stage managed by the technological giants.

In the podcast I provide an explanation of Artificial Intelligence and examine what is can and cannot do. I then examine the impact that it will have on the employment market and society worldwide.

This initial episode examines how early humanity accidentally stumbled into its most significant encounter with technology on a grand scale and how it transformed society over the course of thousands of years.

The Brave Tech World podcast is an exploration of technology and how society deals with it.