Automation and the Future of Work
Automation and the Future of Work Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living through an era of rapid technological automation,…
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Automation and the Future of Work
Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living through an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as such. In iAutomation and the Future of Work/i, Aaron Benanav uncovers the deeper-lying stresses on 21st century capitalism, before salvaging from automation discourse its utopian content: the positive vision of a world without work. But does the much-discussed rise of the robots really explain the looming jobs crisis?
In response to calls for a universal basic income which would maintain a growing army of redundant workers, he offers a counter-proposal. What social movements, he asks, are required to propel us into post-scarcity?