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A World Without Work

Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond

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A World Without Work

De : Daniel Susskind
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'A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work' Gordon Brown

'Compelling ... Thought-provoking ... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future' NEW YORK TIMES

New technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, such fears have been misplaced, and many economists maintain that they remain so today. Yet in A World Without Work, Daniel Susskind shows why this time really is different. Advances in artificial intelligence mean that all kinds of jobs are increasingly at risk.

Susskind argues that machines no longer need to reason like us in order to outperform us. Increasingly, tasks that used to be beyond the capability of computers - from diagnosing illnesses to drafting legal contracts - are now within their reach. The threat of technological unemployment is real.

So how can we all thrive in a world with less work? Susskind reminds us that technological progress could bring about unprecedented prosperity, solving one of mankind's oldest problems: making sure that everyone has enough to live on. The challenge will be to distribute this prosperity fairly, constrain the burgeoning power of Big Tech, and provide meaning in a world where work is no longer the centre of our lives. In this visionary, pragmatic and ultimately hopeful book, Susskind shows us the way.

"This is the book to read on the future of work in the age of artificial intelligence. It is thoughtful and state-of-the-art on the economics of the issue, but its real strength is the way it goes beyond just the economics. A truly important contribution' Lawrence Summers, former Chief Economist of the World Bank

'A fascinating book about a vitally important topic. Elegant, original and compelling'Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist

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    Compelling ... Thought-provoking ... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future.
    An excellent and timely piece of analysis ... Susskind combines a mastery of global research with insight into how government works. A book of immense importance that demands to be taken very seriously by No. 10, and by anyone who cares about the future of our country and world.
    A pathbreaking, thought-provoking, and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work.
    A fascinating book about a vitally important topic - and he writes with such elegance that you don't even notice how much you're learning. Elegant, original and compelling. (Tim Harford, author of 'Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy' and 'The Undercover Economist')
    A superb and sophisticated contribution to the debate over work in the age of artificial intelligence. Susskind approaches the debate with a great command of the evidence and with excellent judgment. He takes on all of the major debates: whether new jobs will replace those that disappear, how the income distribution will be affected, and how individuals are likely to allocate their time in the future between work, leisure, study, and other activities. Never glib, consistently wise and well-informed, this is the book to read to understand how digital technologies and artificial intelligence in particular are reshaping the economy and labor market, and how we will live alongside increasingly smart machines. (Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network)
    Daniel Susskind has written an important book on an equally important topic: the future of work in an economy driven by the advances in artificial intelligence. His conclusion is that ultimately there will be less work, or at least less paid work. This will shake the foundations of our economy and our society. Our institutions will have to be transformed. It will be a daunting challenge. We have to start thinking hard about it now. (Martin Wolf)
    This is the book to read on the future of work in the age of artificial intelligence. It is thoughtful and state-of-the-art on the economics of the issue, but its real strength is the way it goes beyond just the economics. A truly important contribution that deserves widespread consideration. (Lawrence Summers, former Chief Economist of the World Bank, Treasury Secretary for the Clinton Administration and Director of the National Economic Council for the Obama Administration)
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    As human work is about to vanish it is time to acknowledge that when we insist that man must work to be happy and healthy we are merely making a virtue out of what was, but soon will no longer be, a necessity. There is in fact only an illusory connection between work and happiness. Soon machines or AI will do 95% of the work - and only because humanity will want to keep some tasks such as presidents and judges for themselves. This should not be feared or despised but celebrated, because it will at last enable man to spend his time in the only way worthy of his nature: that of his personal growth and evolution. These do not come from being useful to society but from the kinds of activity enjoyed by ancient aristocrats (Susskind says this) but above all by monks and yogis, namely the people who have all but withdrawn from economic and social life in order to cultivate the spirit or "higher consciousness". These people have until now been the only ones able to live a truly dignifying and meaningful life, but soon, thanks to the mechanisation of all tasks required to generate the basic - and less basic - necessities, this path is finally open to everyone. Susskind's reflection tends in this direction but does not go far enough and yields to the commonplace that work is morally good for you and that you owe it to others to be useful to them in some way. No, work is not good for you, it is good for society that will not survive without it until it has invented the means to provide for all of us without requiring human work to do so.

    Good but too timid

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    Susskind presents an interesting stream of consciousness over the subject of work and tech, primarily revolving around the political problems that surge from the conundrum. The limits of his analysis fall in his blind spots as a white man from the UK and former government official. He cheekily suggest to migrate to a Rent State without considering any of the problems we’ll known in countries with the so-called resource curse. He completely oversees the possibility of migration out of traditionally rich countries to places in the world were there is much less automation, and he could do with a few readings of feminist economists on the timeless problem of ignoring the value of household and child upbringing labor.

    Interesting nuggets, victim of author’s own paradigm

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