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A WORLD WITHOUT WORKING ? - Is The End Of Work Still Just A Futuristic Concept
By Tiffany BLANDIN Published in FRANCE
A WORLD WITHOUT WORKING ? (Source: Seuil Editions)
A WORLD WITHOUT WORKING ?
(Source: Seuil Editions)
(Source: Seuil Editions)
Most Jobs that exist Today might disappear within Decades. As Artificial Intelligence outperforms Humans in more and more Tasks, it will replace Humans in more and more Jobs. Many New Professions are likely to appear. The Crucial Problem isn´t creating New Jobs. The Crucial Problem is creating New Jobs that Humans perform better than Algorithms. Consequently, by 2050 a New Class of People might emerge : the Useless Class. People who are not just Unemployed, but Unemployable.
- 'UN MONDE SANS TRAVAIL ?' (A World without Work ?) in a Book newly Published by Seuil Editions and written by Tiffany BLANDIN who is a Freelance Journalist, passionate about Investigation and having already written about Economics, Social and Environmental Issues.
- 'UN MONDE SANS TRAVAIL ?' (A World without Work ?) in a Book newly Published by Seuil Editions and written by Tiffany BLANDIN who is a Freelance Journalist, passionate about Investigation and having already written about Economics, Social and Environmental Issues.
The Technological Advances that make Widespread Technological Unemployment possible could still threaten or undermine Human Flourishing and Meaning, especially if they do not remain confined to the Economic Sphere. This Threat could be contained if we adopt an Integrative Approach to our Relationship with Technology.
Suppose Extreme Predictions regarding Technological Unemployment come to Fruition : Automating Technologies Takeover almost all Forms of Human Labour. But suppose also that everyone shares in the Productive Gains. Will our Lives be filled with Meaningful Activity, or will we be merely Passive Recipients of the Benefits of Technology ?
The Main Argument can be simply stated : Although there are Reasons to worry about the Societal Impacts of Technological Unemployment, there are also Reasons to embrace it. The Conventional View of Economists has been that Work is what Poor People do. The Richer we got, Individually and as a Society, the more we would revel in taking Time off.
Suppose Extreme Predictions regarding Technological Unemployment come to Fruition : Automating Technologies Takeover almost all Forms of Human Labour. But suppose also that everyone shares in the Productive Gains. Will our Lives be filled with Meaningful Activity, or will we be merely Passive Recipients of the Benefits of Technology ?
The Main Argument can be simply stated : Although there are Reasons to worry about the Societal Impacts of Technological Unemployment, there are also Reasons to embrace it. The Conventional View of Economists has been that Work is what Poor People do. The Richer we got, Individually and as a Society, the more we would revel in taking Time off.
The same Technology that renders Humans Useless might also make it Feasible to Feed and Support the Unemployable Masses through some Scheme of Universal Basic Income. The Real Problem will then be to Keep the Masses Occupied and Content.
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Ruby BIRD
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Yasmina BEDDOU
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