[Video] Q12: According to brynjolfsson and mcafee, advancements in technology since approximately the year 2000 have resulted in

Explanation for Question 12 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7

Question 12 asks according to Brynjolfsson and McAfee advancements in technology since 2 approximately the year 2000 have resulted in what? 3 So since this question starts off with the phrase, 4 according to Brynjolfsson and McAfee. 5 So the two scientists that are referenced are economists that are referenced in the 6 article. We know that this answer is going to come pretty directly from text 7 evidence. So if we look back, the evidence that we're going to look at 8 here is the first sentence of the entire passage. 9 This is kind of where they make their claim. 10 So it says MIT business scholars, Erik Brynjolfsson, 11 and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advancements in computer technology from 12 improved industrial robotics to automated translation services are largely behind 13 the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. 14 So what this is saying is that pressive 15 advances in technology are largely behind sluggish 16 employment growth. 17 So we want to look at the answer choices and see which one best 18 captures the essence of sluggish employment growth. 19 So you can look through each of them. 20 We have low job growth in the United States. 21 We have global workplace changes. We have more skilled laborers and we have no 22 global creation of new jobs. 23 So in this case, the one that's going to correspond most to sluggish employment 24 growth is going to be answered choice, a low job growth employment, 25 and job would be synonymous here. Ri...