About the book
The futurist Martin Ford argues that accelerating technology may disrupt the economic system so deeply that it has to be restructured. In the last century, he writes, technology mainly displaced less educated laborers, but artificial intelligence and smart software now threaten skilled work too, including paralegals, journalists, office workers and computer programmers. Ford doubts that new industries will need many workers, pointing to companies like YouTube and Instagram with tiny workforces and huge valuations. He downplays more education as the answer and calls for bold policy instead, a guaranteed basic income for example. Many economists dispute his claim that the IT revolution differs from earlier ones; Robin Hanson suggests other causes, such as demographics and regulation.
HubSpot growth and SEO head Matthew Barby said he loves it, citing its focus on artificial intelligence and its pieces on disruption in fields such as education technology, health and 3D printing, and what that means for future jobs.
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Matthew Barby (Global Head of Growth and SEO/HubSpot)
On the other side of things, which is a bit more like inspirational and a bit more tactical, it would probably be Rise of the Robots. Focuses all on the rise of artificial intelligence. Has some really interesting pieces on how people are disrupting in a bunch of different verticals for like ED Tech, health, 3D printing, and a bunch of other areas, and the impact that that has on jobs in the future. I love those two books at the moment.
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