عنوان

Automation and utopia :

(Number (ISBN

0674242203

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0674242211

(Number (ISBN

0674983408

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9780674242203

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9780674242210

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9780674983403

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0674984242

Erroneous ISBN

9780674984240

Title Proper

Automation and utopia :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

human flourishing in a world without work /

First Statement of Responsibility

John Danaher.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Harvard University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (325 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-311) and index.

Text of Note

Human obsolescence is imminent. The factories of the future will be dark, staffed by armies of tireless robots. The hospitals of the future will have fewer doctors, depending instead on cloud-based AI to diagnose patients and recommend treatments. The homes of the future will anticipate our wants and needs and provide all the entertainment, food, and distraction we could ever desire. To many, this is a depressing prognosis, an image of civilization replaced by its machines. But what if an automated future is something to be welcomed rather than feared? Work is a source of misery and oppression for most people, so shouldn't we do what we can to hasten its demise? Automation and Utopia makes the case for a world in which, free from need or want, we can spend our time inventing and playing games and exploring virtual realities that are more deeply engaging and absorbing than any we have experienced before, allowing us to achieve idealized forms of human flourishing. The idea that we should "give up" and retreat to the virtual may seem shocking, even distasteful. But John Danaher urges us to embrace the possibilities of this new existence. The rise of automating technologies presents a utopian moment for humankind, providing both the motive and the means to build a better future.--

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Stock Number

22573/ctvn6f1q1

Title

Automation and utopia.

International Standard Book Number

9780674984240

Forecasting.

Human security.

Human-robot interaction.

Quality of life.

Technological unemployment.

Utopias.

Forecasting.

Human security.

Human-robot interaction.

PHILOSOPHY-- Social.

Quality of life.

Technological unemployment.

Utopias.

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COM-- 057000

COM-- 079000

PHI-- 034000

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Edition

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Book number

Danaher, John

Date of Transaction

20200822121659.0

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[Book]

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