An illuminating piece - Learning to Prosper in a Factory Town: Greenville, South Carolina,
has bet its future on high-tech manufacturing. Who wins and who loses in this
increasingly automated economy? by Nanette Byrnes
“In some ways
Greenville exemplifies the future for communities built around advanced
manufacturing. The changes in factories and factory work under way in
manufacturing centers across the U.S. and Europe, and even beginning to
accelerate in once low-cost manufacturing meccas such as China, are boosting
local economies, but they’re also demanding that workers make the transition to
jobs that require far more computer and technical skills.”Related:
Robots and Jobs