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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook

Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK is an audiobook that explores the impact of technological advances on our lives, what it means to be happy, and provides suggestions on how to avoid a systemic collapse. Written by Federico Pistono and read by Ian R Buck.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #19: Making the Future from 2019-05-10T09:00:10

Now that we have sorted out how we want the economy to work in the future, let's discuss what we can do to help bring about those changes.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #18: Practical Advice for Everyone from 2019-05-03T22:22:49

Now that we have thoroughly explored how the economy is going to be changing in the near future, let's discuss what you can do today to help yourself transition into this brave new world.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #17: The Purpose of Life from 2019-04-26T09:00:20

If our life's purpose is not the work we do, then what is it?

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #16: Work and Happiness from 2019-04-19T09:00:41

If acquiring more and more money won't make people happier, and they cannot compete with automation in the workplace, can we simply provide people with basic amenities to make them happy? It is a l...

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #15: Happiness from 2019-04-12T10:06

One of the reasons that pursuing the hedonic treadmill is that our brains are wired to create happiness for us, regardless of the events around us.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #14: Income and Happiness from 2019-04-05T09:00:54

There is a bit more nuance to the question of whether income can affect your happiness. It comes down to the difference between emotional well-being and life satisfaction.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #13: Growth and Happiness from 2019-03-29T18:29:34

Does making more money make us happier? Turns out that once we have met a certain threshold of our needs, making more money does not increase happiness.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #12: The Scorpion and the Frog from 2019-03-22T09:00:07

A short parable to illustrate that sometimes things just are what they are.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #11: The Pursuit of Happiness from 2019-03-15T09:00:44

In most of the industrialized world, the "pursuit of happiness" is considered to be an inalienable right. But our current economic system is not set up to allow everyone the opportunity to pursue h...

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #10: Work Identity from 2019-03-08T10:00:46

Society has ingrained in us that the most important aspect of our identities is our job.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #9: Unemployment Tomorrow from 2019-03-01T10:00:42

Many argue that as new technologies eliminate jobs, they create new jobs. This chapter analyzes why that is an unlikely outcome with automation this widespread.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #8: Social Acceptance from 2019-02-22T10:00:12

Technologies that are quite useful and safe do not always achieve widespread social acceptance. In this chapter we explore why that is.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #7: Evidence of Automation from 2019-02-15T10:00:10

The signs of automation taking over our economy are already showing themselves in our world.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #6: Artificial Intelligence from 2019-02-08T10:00:08

Artificial intelligence is already stealing many of our jobs, but not the ones you might think of.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #5: Intelligence from 2019-02-01T10:00:26

What does it mean to compare machine intelligence to human intelligence, and does it even matter when it comes to the workplace?

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #4: Information Technology from 2019-01-25T10:00:02

Now that we understand the nature of exponential growth, we can look at how it applies to the advancement of information technology.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #3: Exponential Growth from 2019-01-18T10:00:16

Most people do not fully grasp the implications of exponential growth. Federico presents us with some examples to help illustrate it.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #2: The Luddite Fallacy from 2019-01-11T10:00:39

The idea that machines steal jobs is not a new one. The Luddite movement goes back to 19th century England; is there weight to their argument, or is it all just a fallacy?

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #1: Unemployment Today from 2019-01-04T10:00:59

Federico takes us through unemployment trends leading up to 2012.

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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook
Robots Will Steal Your Job #0: Introduction from 2018-12-28T10:00:04

You are about to become obsolete. You think you are special, unique, and that whatever it is that you are doing is impossible to replace. You are wrong. As we speak, millions of algorithms created ...

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