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The Robots Are Coming!

The Future of Jobs in the Age of Automation

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The Robots Are Coming!

Written by: Andres Oppenheimer, Ezra E. Fitz - translator
Narrated by: Henry Levya
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 Staying true to his trademark journalistic approach, Andrés Oppenheimer takes his readers on yet another journey, this time across the globe, in a thought-provoking search to understand what the future holds for today's jobs in the foreseeable age of automation.

The Robots Are Coming! centers around the issue of jobs and their future in the context of rapid automation and the growth of online products and services. As two of Oppenheimer's interviewees -- both experts in technology and economics from Oxford University -- indicate, forty-seven percent of existing jobs are at risk of becoming automated or rendered obsolete by other technological changes in the next twenty years. Oppenheimer examines current changes in several fields, including the food business, legal work, banking, and medicine, speaking with experts in the field, and citing articles and literature on automation in various areas of the workforce. He contrasts the perspectives of "techno-optimists" with those of "techno-negativists" and generally attempts to find a middle ground between an alarmist vision of the future, and one that is too uncritical. A self-described "cautious optimist", Oppenheimer believes that technology will not create massive unemployment, but rather will drastically change what work looks like. Personal Success Workplace & Organizational Behaviour Technology Robotics Career Computer Science Commerce Artificial Intelligence Thought-Provoking
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Transition is paramount in evolution especially encompassing spirituality

I come to many pinnacles in life where I ask questions then start to dig deeper and harder . Almost relentlessly tunnelling for truth . The pursuit of knowledge is infinite, the curiosity of life weaves the yin and yang and unfolds like a new river emerging into new frontiers and endless possibilities.
This book filled or smoothed a few rough edges in a gentle way but also in reality change is never easy and has many moving parts .
I feel more enlightened after this book.
Thank you Andrés ♾️🤍🥨

That the robots are coming , prepare yourself accordingly to have purpose to surf your life

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