Technical Dystopia with Dan Schawbel

Automation and its impact on work is no longer in a far off future: It’s arriving now. Technology’s increasing ability to complete tasks previously performed by humans is projected to yield a higher quality of life with shorter work weeks and more free time. But the dark side of automation could be a technical dystopia that will impact not only how we work, but who gets to work at all. Nearly 40% of all U.S. jobs are currently in occupations that could shrink between now and 2030 because of the automation of routine and physical tasks. In this episode of SHRM’s All Things Work podcast, host Tony Lee and New York Times best-selling author Dan Schawbel (Back to Human, Promote Yourself, Me 2.0) take on big questions such as potential populist outrage at job elimination and employers’ responsibility to their workers whose jobs stand to be eliminated by automation.

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