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Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky
Ray Kurzweil and Andrew McAfee, and some other people, discuss "the end of work". Andrew McAfee says worry, Ray Kurzweil says don't worry, everything's going to be great! New industries and new jobs have always been created as technology automates jobs, and we'll be able to download clothing and print it on a 3D printer and there will be tons of free and very cheap stuff. McAfee says Kurzweil is right about the upside of technology, but there are worrying trends: labor force participation is at a 30-year low, returns to capital have been increasing while returns to labor have been decreasing, and the middle class has been hallowing out. Charles Derber chimes in and says, the increase of wealth inequality and large numbers of people being marginalized has nothing to do with technology but is the result of political policies. Sarah Jaffe chimes in to say the jobs of the past were "good jobs" because of labor organizers and political activism. Only because of labor activists were factory jobs well-paying and the work week only 40 hours. [Audio, 35 minutes]
http://radioopensource.org/the-end-of-work
Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky
Ray Kurzweil and Andrew McAfee, and some other people, discuss "the end of work". Andrew McAfee says worry, Ray Kurzweil says don't worry, everything's going to be great! New industries and new jobs have always been created as technology automates jobs, and we'll be able to download clothing and print it on a 3D printer and there will be tons of free and very cheap stuff. McAfee says Kurzweil is right about the upside of technology, but there are worrying trends: labor force participation is at a 30-year low, returns to capital have been increasing while returns to labor have been decreasing, and the middle class has been hallowing out. Charles Derber chimes in and says, the increase of wealth inequality and large numbers of people being marginalized has nothing to do with technology but is the result of political policies. Sarah Jaffe chimes in to say the jobs of the past were "good jobs" because of labor organizers and political activism. Only because of labor activists were factory jobs well-paying and the work week only 40 hours. [Audio, 35 minutes]
http://radioopensource.org/the-end-of-work
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