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100			_aDanaher, John
245			_aAutomation and utopia : human flourishing in a world without work
260			_bHarvard University Press, _c2019 _aCambridge :
300			_a325 p. ; _bill., _c24 cm
365			_b39.95 _cUSD _d85.40
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aHuman 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.
650			_aForecasting
650			_aHuman security
650			_aHuman robot interaction
650			_aTechnological unemployment
650			_aAutomating technologies
650			_aCyborg Utopia
650			_aExperience machine
650			_aExtended mind
650			_aTechno-utopian
650			_aVirtual reality
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