What's the future of work?
David Graeber
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Jul 19, 20262 May 2017LSE
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This episode examines whether automation will eliminate jobs or reshape them. Guests argue that robots and AI mostly augment work, raise productivity, and shift tasks, while bureaucracy, data growth, and precarious labor keep work from disappearing; a more radical critique calls for valuing care over productivity.
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