Science

How has information and communication technology led to unemployment?

I know for my particular college's programs, the explosion of the technology and communication advances has slowly phased out some of our program offerings.  Because so many industries are using computer programming to run equipment and machines, people are losing jobs.  There are benefits and drawbacks to technology in this regard.  On the one hand, production can be much faster, but on the other hand, people are unemployed, which is a big problem in our country considering the financial crisis it is experiencing right now.