TSP218 - Automation: Embracing or displacing? (TSP024 Revised)
Dec 17, 2023•22 min
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Episode description
Automation’s impact on our everyday life. A wolf in sheep’s clothing?
Duration: 21:41
Music Credit: Flight Of The Conchords - Robots
Posted: December 17, 2023
Highlights:
Duration: 21:41
Music Credit: Flight Of The Conchords - Robots
Posted: December 17, 2023
Highlights:
- Impact of automation on society
- Historical context of automation and the industrial revolution
- Automation affecting both blue-collar and white-collar workers
- Challenges of transitioning to new jobs in the technological landscape
- Increasing number of people who do not want to work
- Need for developing new skills and financial incentives for employment
- Potential benefits and drawbacks of automation
- Physical toll of certain jobs and the role of automation in reducing discomfort
- Power dynamics in society that shape technological changes
- Importance of education and redefining economics in the face of technological advancements
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