Rise of the Robots - Martin Ford Kartoniert (TB)

The New York Times- bestselling guide to how automation is changing the economy undermining work and reshaping our lives Winner of Best Business Book of the Year awards from the Financial Times and from Forbes "Lucid comprehensive and unafraid . . . an indispensable contribution to a long-running argument." -- Los Angeles Times What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves fewer people will be necessary. Artificial intelligence is already well on its way to makin g "good jobs" obsolete: many paralegals journalists office workers and even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by robots and smart software. As progress continues blue and white collar jobs alike will evaporate squeezing working -- and middle-class families ever further. At the same time households are under assault from exploding costs especially from the two major industries-education and health care-that so far have not been transformed by information technology. The result could well be massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the consumer economy itself. The past solutions to technological disruption especially more training and education aren't going to work. We must decide now whether the future will see broad-based prosperity or catastrophic levels of inequality and economic insecurity. Rise of the Robots is essential reading to understand what accelerating technology means for our economic prospects-not to mention those of our children-as well as for society as a whole.