12. Amazon, Applebee’s and Google’s job-crushing drones and robot armies: They’re coming for your job next

The author went to an airport, and noticed there was a sea of iPads. He sat down for a meal, but didn't know what to do, because "any substantive distinction between the boarding area and restaurant had been annihilated and [he] didn’t know where to turn." He later realized that he had to use the iPad to order what he wanted. Later, the waitress came with his order, but "[they] exchanged hardly a word." He's worried by this fast advance in technology, but at the same time, claims technology is still underdeveloped in relation to the year we are at. He even makes an observation on the advance: "We are doing everything in our power to take the human out of the equation. (...) When the humans are gone, what’s left?" He finds the replacings "an efficient and sensible way of organizing logistics," which is something natural, but dangerous. He also notes the difference between the change of wype of work: "Industrial Revolution is that the initial technological advances of the 18th century created jobs for unskilled workers, while today’s robot armies are increasingly replacing the jobs of unskilled workers." He later jumps into the conclusion that "In this future, we’re all drones," because everyone is becoming individualistic. 

The author starts by telling a short anecdote that made him realize the main point of the essay; he writes: "Why was the airport bothering with any human touch at all? Why wasn’t a drone bringing me my bacon? I mean, isn’t that the obvious next step?." He then goes on citing some of human-replacing drones' news. The author writes many questions, speeding up the overall flow of thinking. He cites some personal anecdotes, however not abundantly, facts, statistics, and especially news. His placing of main phrase statements in each paragraph is quite peculiar, because he puts them in the middle, and not in the start as usual or in the end. His essay follows a strong logical flow in the statements, guided by his abundant questions, analysis of anecdotes or news, and its conclusions. The author uses a bit of humor and irony in the essay, arriving in the conclusion  that "And so Google’s robot armies will march everywhere."

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/06/triumph_of_the_drones/