tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post5926367276606573804..comments2024-02-12T05:40:49.379-07:00Comments on The Cynical Pharmacist: Will Human Workers Become Obsolete?Jason DeVillainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post-49182815439452089802013-08-26T12:47:35.124-07:002013-08-26T12:47:35.124-07:00Are we in danger of losing the “race against the m...Are we in danger of losing the “race against the machine,” as the M.I.T. scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee argue in a recent book? Are we becoming enslaved to our “robot overlords,” as the journalist Kevin Drum warned in Mother Jones? Do “smart machines” threaten us with “long-term misery,” as the economists Jeffrey D. Sachs and Laurence J. Kotlikoff prophesied earlier this year? Have Jason DeVillainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post-14679477417494197042012-07-05T17:56:10.448-07:002012-07-05T17:56:10.448-07:00LOL! I like your avi.LOL! I like your avi.Jason DeVillainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post-28374841392113880462012-07-05T17:54:26.151-07:002012-07-05T17:54:26.151-07:00It's a corporate-run world my friend, where th...It's a corporate-run world my friend, where the bottom-line is all that matters. I don't know the exact numbers, but it seems to me that most pharmacists work for large corporations, a trend that has been consistently growing.<br /><br />If corporate "entities" and their enablers can justify using less-costly workers and/or technology to improve the bottom-line, while providing Jason DeVillainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438164334321654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144715271254999018.post-17728695177983134762012-07-05T16:16:37.171-07:002012-07-05T16:16:37.171-07:00I agree, a lot of denial amongst the profession re...I agree, a lot of denial amongst the profession regarding the future, all this nebulous talk of "expanded clinical roles" is nonsense.Caesar's Togahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434885639762013594noreply@blogger.com