The globotics upheaval : globalisation, robotics, and the future of work
Baldwin, Richard E.2019
Books, Manuscripts
The Rise of the Robots for the masses. How to survive in a world of virtual globalisation. Automation and robotics are changing our lives quickly - everyone knows that. But digital disruption goes much further. In The Globotics Upheaval, Richard Baldwin, one of the world's leading globalisation experts, explains that exponential growth in computing, transmission and storage capacities is also creating a new form of "virtual" globalisation that could undermine the foundations of middle-class prosperity in the West. When technology enables talented people from around the world to be a virtual presence in any given office, the hundreds of millions of people who have hitherto been protected by their skills will no longer be quite so secure. What measures will people and governments take in response to such a tectonic shift? Looking back at previous industrial revolutions, and using these modern technological developments as a lens through which to view the future, Richard Baldwin will examine these issues and more, issues which, sooner or later, will be important to each and every one of us.
Main title:
The globotics upheaval : globalisation, robotics, and the future of work / Richard Baldwin.
Author:
Baldwin, Richard E., author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019.©2019.
Collation:
292 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- pt. I Historical Transformation, Upheaval, Backlash, and Resolution -- 2.We've Been Here Before: The Great Transformation -- 3.The Second Great Transformation: From Things to Thoughts -- pt. II The Globotics Transformation -- 4.The Digitech Impulse Driving Globotics -- 5.Telemigration and the Globotics Transformation -- 6.Automation and the Globotics Transformation -- 7.The Globotics Upheaval -- 8.New Backlash, New Shelterism -- 9.Globotics Resolution: A More Human, More Local Future -- 10.The Future Doesn't Take Appointments: Preparing for the New Jobs.
ISBN:
9781474609029
Dewey class:
331.25
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
39805
More Information: