Fears that new technologies will eliminate everyone’s jobs for the benefit of only a few are familiar. Similar concerns led to furious arguments two centuries ago, as industrialisation took hold in Great Britain. At the time, the term “industrial revolution”…

Ever heard of Jia Jia? No, it’s not a Chinese woman, but a humanoid robot journalist created by developers from the University of Science and Technology in China’s Anhui province in April. She made a splash when she “reported” for…

What comes after the end of work? The optimistic answer to this question is that, if we did not have to work, we would spend our days bettering ourselves and our communities: reading philosophy, learning new skills, and increasing our…

With the rise in AI and automation, the million-dollar question is ‘what will we do, if not work?’ Around the world, many people find their sense of purpose through work. People ask us ‘what do you do?’ and we answer…

What is the first picture that comes to mind when you hear ‘The future of jobs’? A blue-collar worker in a car assembly line in Detroit replaced by a robotic arm? The populist movements that won the American elections and…

When I first saw in Star Wars the 2-1B droid, an android programmed to diagnose and treat all kinds of diseases and injuries, I thought it was a mere fantasy. But now, grown up to be a medical student, here…

Given the rising concern of redundancy and an unequal distribution of wealth in a world beyond the end of work, many researchers and politicians advocate the idea of basic income. Might UBI be a possible solution for unemployment?

The economic success of the Asian tigers reveals a common pattern of development. After the Second World War countries like Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore started exporting labor intensive products to rest of the world. As they became richer…

Let us start by debunking a myth. The new world of work will not be the end of work. Journalists and academics often fret that machines, robots, and artificial intelligence are going to take away our jobs.  That is just…