Digitalization of the economy: social threats

Abstract

The article analyzes the hidden threats to society associated with the development of the digital economy. The paper describes the main problems that digitalization can bring to social life and the fate of an individual worker. Chief among these concerns is that with the further digital transformation of the economy, more and more jobs could be threatened with extinction. The disappearance of old jobs this time will not be accompanied by the emergence of new ones. A situation may arise when the workers released due to digitalization will become not only unemployed, but also generally inoperable. A global question arises – what to do with those who do not work, and what to support them for?