Surviving the Machine Age Intelligent Technology and the Transformat
This book examines the current state of the technologically-caused unemployed, and attempts to answer the question of how to proceed into an era beyond technological unemployment. Beginning with an overview of the most salient issues, the experts collecte
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Kevin La Grandeur and James J. Hughes
Surviving the Machine Age
Kevin LaGrandeur • James J. Hughes Editors
Surviving the Machine Age Intelligent Technology and the Transformation of Human Work
Editors Kevin LaGrandeur New York Institute of Technology New York, New York, USA
James J. Hughes University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-51164-1 ISBN 978-3-319-51165-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51165-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017934511 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Andrzej Wojcicki / Science Photo Library Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
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We put this book together because not enough attention is being paid to a technological and economic phenomenon that is hugely important to all of our futures: the increasing displacement of workers by machines. This trend is accelerating, and it threatens not only our livelihoods in the near future, but also, in the long run, the way we identify ourselves, because what we do for work is so often a large part of that identity. Other authors have outlined this problem, but so far few proposals to deal with this situation have been proposed, and they have not been discussed in one place. And the proposals that are available have gained too little attention by policy makers. This book is an effort to remedy that. The collection of experts on economics, philosophy, law, public policy, and technology in this book picks up where previous authors leave off not only by examining the current state of technologically caused unemploymen
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