Automation and the Future of Work - Patrick Cockburn
Verlag | Durnell Marston |
Auflage | 2020 |
Seiten | 128 |
Format | 14,8 x 1,7 x 21,9 cm |
Hardback | |
Gewicht | 276 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
EAN | 9781839761294 |
Bestell-Nr | 83976129UA |
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. But does the much-discussed rise of the robots really explain the looming jobs crisis? 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. What social movements, he asks, are required to propel us into post-scarcity? In response to calls for a universal basic income which would maintain a growing army of redundant workers, he offers a counter-proposal.