The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), starting with the twenty-first century, features ubiquitous connectivity of machines, devices, and people, yielding essentially unlimited information that moves very quickly and effectively (Schwab 2015, 2016). The speed and scope of these information-based innovations warranted the distinction between the 3IR [In the mid-1900s, the Third Industrial Revolution (3IR) initiated the digital era; mainframe and personal computers and the Internet connected consumers globally and supported immense storage and dissemination of information.] and 4IR. For example, it took several decades for computers to become mainstream in households in most Westernized societies in the 3IR but only about a month for millions of consumers to be captivated by the Pokémon Go gaming app in 2016, during the 4IR (Schulze 2019). In the 4IR, technological innovations—including smart factories, the Internet of Things (IoT), AI, 3D printing, bitcoin, and gene editing—continue to spread across industries and economies (Marr 2018). The prioritization of progression, speed, and connectivity, achieved through technology, has received considerable attention from retailers and service providers, which adopt a host of technologies to facilitate various activities, both in stores and online. Grewal et al. (2020b) outline how technologies infused with social presence and convenience characteristics, such as smart shelves, augmented and virtual reality, (dis)embodied robots, avatars, and smart windows, are radically altering in-store retailing and customer experiences. Efforts to ensure the continual advancement of technology in the 4IR largely have sought to harness technology's power to enhance customer experiences while maximizing firm profit, potentially by replacing employees with advanced technology ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/science....
Today's training was horrible again. Granted, it has been 6 days since I have done roadwork training, so I may be off my game a bit, but I just feel so weak, like I'm really losing strength. The last couple months, I've really been struggling. Although it has been 6 days since I last did roadwork training, I've still been doing weight training, which has been going okay. My shoulders have been sore, but they're slowly getting better. Plus, I've been off-cycle on my favorite performance-enhancing prohormones. So, I've still been training, I've just been scaling back somewhat and feeling very weak and like I'm struggling and fighting very hard with my training the last few months. And the parking lot is still a mess. They finished with the new sidewalk a little over a week ago, but it is still all dirty and filthy out there with a fine, grimey silt that gets all over the tires on my chair and makes it very hard to get a good grip. So this slipperiness is also making training a lot more difficult.
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