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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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
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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…
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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…
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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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@workofthefuture Dr Armstrong finds 52% of manufacturers are concerned about rising healthcare costs— why isn’t affordable healthcare more of a priority for competitiveness? #manufacturing@MIT
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Snarled-up ports point to worsening global supply chain woes - report reuters.com/business/snarled…
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Of the two basic effects of automation—displacement and productivity—which will prevail? More than just quantifying the past effects of automation, @MITEcon's Daron Acemoglu and colleagues are developing a new framework to understand it going forward. bit.ly/DAceAutomation
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"Innovation is key to creating jobs and wealth, and to meeting rising competitive challenges from abroad."
– @davidautor, @davidmindell, @LReynoldsMITIPC – @workofthefuture
#MondayMorning quote from this insightful #ChangeThis manifesto: bit.ly/3srWBNB
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“If there’s one thing I would change" it's "our unemployment insurance program,” says @MITEcon Prof @davidautor. Autor favors a system in which employers avoid layoffs by reducing employee hours and govt makes up part of the difference during a downturn. wbur.fm/3oQafcv
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Join us for our first in-person event of 2022! The @MIT Manufacturing Conference on Mar. 16 will examine the state of #manufacturing today, what we have learned in the past two years (and more), and where things might go in the future. Register here: bit.ly/3Jr6To5
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The Puzzle of the Missing Robots: by Suzanne Berger and Benjamin Armstrong for the @MIT_SCC Case Studies on the ethics of computing. The authors recommend public policies that support investing in automation and in education + higher wages for workers. bit.ly/WisePolicy
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“New technologies will evolve within a nation of empowered high-skilled work, increasing inequality, eroded worker voice, and racial disparities,” @davidautor @davidmindell @LReynoldsMITIPC in The Work of the Future. Read @delaney's #books briefing: chtr.cc/34jhoLd
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Read an excerpt from "The Work of the Future" by @davidautor @LReynoldsMITIPC @davidmindell @workofthefuture in @engadget. #workofthefuture
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MIT researchers are conducting a range of research exploring the impact of automation on the labor market. The Economist reports on a study by graduate student Joonas Tuhkuri and a new book by Professors David Autor, David Mindell and Elisabeth Reynolds. economist.com/finance-and-ec…
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Happy Book Birthday to "The Work of the Future" by @davidautor @davidmindell @LReynoldsMITIPC @workofthefuture Pick up your copy today.#workofthefuture #AI
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Christine Walley, Prof of @MITAnthropology, says while fear of job loss to robots is overblown, robots are symbols of broader—and well-founded—anxieties about the changing nature of work in the U.S. She proposes solutions. bit.ly/CWpolicy
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"Good news: There’s a labor shortage." MIT economist @davidautor explores how the current labor shortage provides a remarkable opportunity "to catalyze better working conditions for those who need them most.” Commentary in The New York Times @MITEcon bit.ly/GoodJobsDA
