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Rise of the robots : technology and the threat of a jobless future / Martin Ford.

By: Publisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Pereus Books Group, [2015]Description: xviii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780465059997 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.13/7042 23
LOC classification:
  • HD6331 .F58 2015
Other classification:
  • BUS069000 | TEC052000 | TEC004000 | TEC037000
Summary: "In Silicon Valley the phrase "disruptive technology" is tossed around on a casual basis. No one doubts that technology has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a bigger question: Can accelerating technology disrupt our entire economic system to the point where a fundamental restructuring is required? Companies like Facebook and YouTube may only need a handful of employees to achieve enormous valuations, but what will be the fate of those of us not lucky or smart enough to have gotten into the great shift from human labor to computation?"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HD6331 .F58 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001356483

"In Silicon Valley the phrase "disruptive technology" is tossed around on a casual basis. No one doubts that technology has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a bigger question: Can accelerating technology disrupt our entire economic system to the point where a fundamental restructuring is required? Companies like Facebook and YouTube may only need a handful of employees to achieve enormous valuations, but what will be the fate of those of us not lucky or smart enough to have gotten into the great shift from human labor to computation?"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-315) and index.

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