The development of the sixth technological order as a factor of technological unemployment

This article discusses the impact of a new round of technical and economic development of society on unemployment. For this purpose, the currently known characteristics of the new technological order are indicated, a review of the literature on the problem is conducted, a retrospective analysis of the impact of technical and economic development on unemployment is carried out. According to the results, it is concluded that at the moment the 6th technological order has entered a growth phase, against this background there is a replacement of manual labor, i. e. disappearance of a number of professions, which poses an acute problem of technological unemployment. Technological unemployment is not a new phenomenon in world history, researchers identify at least two waves. At the same time, a number of measures are proposed to mitigate its consequences, in addition to the classical ones, an unconditional basic income can be designated.