• Robots: Overlords or Friends?

    From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

    Are robots going to be our overlords? In Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines (RosettaBooks, 2020), Jamie Merisotis says they don’t have to be. We can make them our friends.

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    In this episode, Merisotis discusses the need to link ongoing learning and work in a virtuous cycle that provides workers with both meaning and stability, the challenges of the fourth Industrial Revolution, and how—in the new people-centered economy—it’s important to develop those flexible skills and capabilities that will enable workers to distinguish themselves from what automation and artificial intelligence is capable of.

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    Jamie Merisotis is a globally recognized leader in philanthropy, education, and public policy. Since 2008, he has served as president and CEO of Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. He previously served as co-founder and president of the nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Higher Education Policy and as executive director of a bipartisan national commission on college affordability appointed by the U.S. president and congressional leaders. Merisotis is the author of America Needs Talent, which was named a Top 10 Business Book of 2016 by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.

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    Dan Hill, PhD, is the author of eight books and leads Sensory Logic, Inc. Find out more at Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight blog.


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