Feb 7th 2018 – Erin Winick – MIT Technology Review
The three phases of the future of work due to automation.
Automation Is Going To Hit Workers In Three Waves, And The One Is Already Here
Foxconn Unit to Cut Over 10,000 Jobs As Robotics Take Over
Feb 6 2018 – Cheng Ting-Fang – Nikki Asian Review
Automation is taking out 10,000 jobs in a China manufacturing company.
A Driver’s Suicide Reveals the Dark Side of the Gig Economy
Feb 6 2018 – Gina Bellafante – New York Times
This tragically speaks to the direction things will head if we don’t plan for the changes in employment that have already happened and are going to happen in much bigger ways imminently.
Every Study We Could Find On What Automation Will Do To Jobs In One Chart
Jan 25 2018 – Erin Winick – MIT Technology Review
There are about as many opinions as there are experts.
Minimum Wage Increases Could Speed Up Robot Adoption in the U.K.
Jan 4 2018 – Erin Winick – MIT Technology Review4
British government policies to boost income for poorly paying jobs could actually incentivize firms to automate instead.
Robots Can’t Vote, But They Helped Elect Trump
Jan 11 2018 – Thomas B. Edsall – New York Times
This article sheds some light on which state’s contributed to President Trump’s Electoral College victory in 2016 and why.
How Automation Will Change Work, Purpose, and Meaning
Jan 11 2018 – Robert C. Wolcott – Harvard Business Review
The promise of AI and automation raises new questions about the role of work in our lives. Most of us will remain focused for decades to come on activities of physical or financial production, but as technology provides services and goods at ever-lower cost, human beings will be compelled to discover new roles — roles that aren’t necessarily tied to how we conceive of work today.
The Year the Robots Came for Our Jobs
Dec 29 2017 – Jonathan Malesic – New Republic
Public anxiety over the automation of the workplace reached new heights in 2017, making clear that humanity isn’t ready for the coming revolution.
Forget Robots: Bad Public Policies Could Be Bigger Job Killers –
Nov 28 2017 – Lauren Weber – Wall Street Journal
This is essentially the thesis of what The Day After Labor is after. It’s abundantly clear that if governments don’t create policy to deal with the changes in employment, catastrophe will ensue.
A Risk to US Innovation
Nov 15 2017 – Steve LeVine – Axios.com
In a potential threat to future U.S. innovation, new international enrollment at U.S. colleges is down for the first time in more than a decade, according to a new report.