The MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future seeks to understand how we can harness technological innovations for social benefit. #workofthefuture
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New employee demands inform workforce standards for *where* they work.#work3.0
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Can we remedy "the long afterlife of the China shock?" MIT economist @davidautor proposes four kinds of interventions + policies to help U.S. communities that have not yet rebounded from the economic impacts of open trade with China. news.mit.edu/2021/david-auto…
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Rejoining the Twitter world with a new handle at an interesting time...just left the NEC as SAP for Manufacturing and Econ. Dev. Work of the Future issues alive and well, now in context of an Admin working to address inequality and rebuild manufacturing nytimes.com/2022/11/02/opini…
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What role will robots & AI play? @MIT @workofthefuture task force co-chair @davidautor shares on the work of the future on the new #3Takeaways episode: 3takeaways.com/episodes/mit-…
Hard-won wisdom: life & career lessons from today's thought leaders on #3Takeaways, the top 2% podcast
"First, humans have been underestimated. It turns out that we (well, many of us) are really amazing at what we do....." #AI
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Education Divides Everything, Including Life and Death: MIT Economist @davidautor and colleagues reported on the debilitating consequences for working class men of the “China shock”—that is, of sharp increases in manufacturing competition with China. nytimes.com/2022/10/05/opini…
So what makes a good job, well, good? There’s now actually a working definition for employers to read and heed. time.com/charter/6219396/goo…
Software robots are gaining ground in white-collar office world crainscleveland.com/technolo… via @CrainsCleveland @davidautor
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Pandemic Staffing & the Robot Revolution: MIT economist @DrDaronAcemoglu says automation has exacerbated wage inequality in the US over the past 40 years and that pay gaps could worsen without planning for the time when workers return to the labor market: wbur.fm/3TfkxQZ
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I’m excited to #talkopportunity with Ben Armstrong @workofthefuture, Lisa Dewey-Mattia @PANYNJ, @rebeccalilian0 @ideo, and @DanielleDigest @washingtonpost about job design during technological change. Join me July 27 for this @AspenJobQuality event. aspeninstitute.org/events/fo…
Pleased to have our book on the Enterpriser Project's Summer reading list. @davidautor @davidmindell @katieatredhat enterprisersproject.com/arti…
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Automation isn't the biggest threat to our factory jobs. An #MITdusp researcher explores how tech improves workers' jobs via @WIRED
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Former WotF Co-Chair @davidautor is named the the Foreign Affairs Policy Board by Sec. Blinken executivegov.com/2022/06/sta…
Remarkable science: Exploring our AI and robot-supported future @wbur @MIT #AI wbur.org/onpoint/2022/05/24/…
