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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #4099 Long Revolution
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Listen to the recording and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses. You will need to select more than one response.
We're we're exiting what you could call the industrial age and we're going into this, whatever, information revolution. And it's clear that some things are happening. In the industrial age, society was a pyramid. And at the base of the pyramid, you had a large pool of you needed human labor. In the middle of the pyramid, you had kind of an information processing, a bureaucracy class, and at the top of the pyramid, you had your your owners of capital and and your entrepreneurs and your creative class. But we know what's happening already, as we go into this information revolution. The bottom of that pyramid, automation, is going to take over. Even that middle tier, information processing, that's what computers are good at. So as a society, we have a question: All this new productivity is happening because of this technology, but who participates in it? Is it just going to be that very top of the pyramid, in which case, what does everyone else do? How do they operate? Or do we do something that's more aspirational? Do we actually attempt to invert the pyramid, where you have a large creative class, where almost everyone can participate as an entrepreneur, an artist, as in a researcher? And I don't think that this is utopian. I really think that this is all based on the idea that if we let people tap into their potential by mastering concepts, by being able to exercise agency over their learning, that that they can get there. And from, you know, when you think of it as just a citizen of the world, it's pretty exciting. I mean, think about the type of equity we can we have, and the rate at which civilization could even progress. And so, I'm pretty optimistic about it. I think it's going to be a pretty exciting time to be alive.

What does the speaker say will happen if we invert the information age pyramid?

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Option 3: "We will get a large creative class"

Explanation: This option is correct because the speaker mentions the aspiration to invert the pyramid, which would lead to a large creative class where almost everyone can participate as an entrepreneur, artist, or researcher. This aligns with the main idea of expanding participation in the information age.

Option 1: "We will need large pool of human labour"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the speaker discusses how automation will take over the bottom of the pyramid, indicating that the need for a large pool of human labor will diminish, not increase.

Option 2: "Automation will always remain in the middle of the pyramid"

Explanation: This option is incorrect as the speaker states that automation will take over the bottom of the pyramid and does not suggest that it will remain in the middle. The text implies that the middle tier of information processing will also be affected by technology.

Option 4: "Productivity will keep happening because of new technology"

Explanation: While the speaker acknowledges that new productivity is happening due to technology, this option does not directly address the question about inverting the pyramid. It is too general and does not reflect the specific outcomes of inverting the pyramid.

Option 5: "Anyone can be an entrepreneur"

Explanation: This option is correct as it reflects the speaker's belief that in an inverted pyramid, everyone can tap into their potential and participate as an entrepreneur. This idea is supported by the speaker's emphasis on agency and mastery of concepts.

Option 6: "Owners of the capital class and entrepreneurs will not be happy"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the speaker does not mention the happiness of the owners of capital or entrepreneurs in relation to inverting the pyramid. The focus is on the potential for broader participation and creativity, not on the feelings of the existing capital class.

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