1. Search the web and find the latest statistics about Amazon's order fulfillment facilities. Where is the largest facility located? What is its size? What large city (or cities) is it closest to?

Arizona has what is known as a transaction privilege tax (TPT) rather than a sales tax. Arizona is an origin-based sales tax state, meaning that you should charge sales tax rates based on the origin of the goods in Arizona. To make matters a little simpler, all Amazon Fulfillment Centers in Arizona are located in Maricopa County, though they are in two different cities.

2. The case made the point that automation is often a double-edged sword. Provide at least three examples where the invention of a technology provided both benefits and problems for a society.

Vehicles - Benefit: people travel easier. Problems: pollution, accidents. 

Internet - Benefit: people can get more information. Problems: Personal information got leaked.

Guns - Benefit: Hunting, Defend yourself. Problems: war, murder weapon. 

3. Search the web for recent articles on technological unemployment. Which jobs are least likely to be replaced by automation?

FINANCIAL MANAGERS: 6.9% CHANCE OF AUTOMATION
These professionals are responsible for the financial health of an organization. There are already big portions of their work that have been automated, such as compiling effective databases, producing and formatting reports and some spreadsheet-based tasks. For financial managers, the challenge will not be to keep their jobs safe from robots, but to incorporate automation successfully into their jobs to become more efficient.