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tsharris's review
3.0
Optimistic, perhaps overly optimistic, account of the automatization of advanced industrial economies. I wish the authors had devoted more time to thinking about the social costs of this process and offered more than boilerplate solutions.
ashrafulla's review
3.0
This book has decent value for price. By that I mean I was at first unhappy with how short it was but it's only $5 used on Amazon Kindle. The book also has good value. Largely written as a PhD thesis, the book talks about how technology has affected the placement of people. Some have been left behind, some have benefited, and others have exploited. However, the authors' take is that it is a mistake to try to stymie technology or to try to prop up displaced humans. Instead, humans need to "race with technology" by using technology to advance their own life.
The sell for this take is very good, identifying first the actual trend of displacement and then the possible reasons why. As a result, the argument is well-founded. The authors don't try to disprove others as much as identifying what others got right, which of course the authors then use to build their argument.
Because the book is short, the book is missing depth in some of the arguments. Most notably at the end, their Nineteen Theses could each have used more data-backed evidence. That's the kind of depth that I expect from these books.
Quoting the book is almost like giving the book away, but the book is as accessible as a common thinkpiece. So if you want to spend $5 on an article, this is a decent article.
The sell for this take is very good, identifying first the actual trend of displacement and then the possible reasons why. As a result, the argument is well-founded. The authors don't try to disprove others as much as identifying what others got right, which of course the authors then use to build their argument.
Because the book is short, the book is missing depth in some of the arguments. Most notably at the end, their Nineteen Theses could each have used more data-backed evidence. That's the kind of depth that I expect from these books.
Quoting the book is almost like giving the book away, but the book is as accessible as a common thinkpiece. So if you want to spend $5 on an article, this is a decent article.
andergraphen's review
5.0
Bellissimo e conciso saggio sul rapporto tra tecnologia e mercato del lavoro. Ha qualche anno ma e' ancora attualissimo 9
juliana_aldous's review
4.0
Great little short ebook on the economics and stagnation in our economy because of technological advances. I'm now ordering their new book which comes out next month and continues the theme.
bobuva's review
5.0
An excellent short book that tells explains the current employment crisis in terms of the effects that technology has had on work. What I loved about this book was that they got right to the point, without wasting the reader's time with hundreds of pages of explanation and examples. There is just enough in this book to convince the reader that, yes, the computer and networked industrial revolution is happening and you should think seriously about what this means for your career, as well as for the types of government and educational policies that will ensure a successful transition from the old economy.
kjwinchester's review
4.0
I really like how this book tackles a rather pessimistic subject while being ultimately optimistic about the future. I wish I could be as optimistic.
xaviershay's review
3.0
More of an extended essay. I read it because it was referenced in "The Glass Cage", which you should read instead if you're picking one.
sayshara's review
4.0
This book was a pleasant change from doom and gloom predictions about the future. It notes the big problems that exist, but ends on an optimistic note. Very quick and easy read.
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