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Summary: Interesting Subject , decent book
Review: Increased automation and people being replaced by machines is not a new concept. But this book is the the first time I have seen an author explain a framework of overcoming the negative aspects of living in an automated world, which attracted me to it. There were some editing mistakes, which makes it seemed kind of rushed, and it goes over a broad range of concepts for a such short book. Overall I thought it was ok, but it leaves the reader wanting more in depth info.
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Summary: Saving the Human Element
Review: This book has been written on a foundation of passion, commitment, and authenticity. Mr. Samson is truly dedicated to the principles of the issues and solutions he has identified in this work.He has accurately described the path of the present condition of technology replacing not only human labor but also the human mind and eventually the spirit. His examples of the transformation and loss of jobs is a lesson in history we have forgotten or fail to recognize. More importantly, his book is call for alarm, for history is repeating itself with a much greater consequence. This book is a must read for those of us who feel that our technocratized society has forgotten about the human element. ItÕs not only about efficiency and productivity, but also about meaning, purpose, and quality of life. Mr. Samson enlightens us on how and why we are slowly being replaced by intelligent machines and offers alternatives which can facilitate the benefits of both technology and the human mind. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Saving the Human Element
Review: This book has been written on a foundation of passion, commitment, and authenticity. Mr. Samson is truly dedicated to the principles of the issues and solutions he has identified in this work. He has accurately described the path of the present condition of technology replacing not only human labor but also the human mind and eventually the spirit. His examples of the transformation and loss of jobs is a lesson in history we have forgotten or fail to recognize. More importantly, his book is call for alarm, for history is repeating itself with a much greater consequence. This book is a must read for those of us who feel that our technocratized society has forgotten about the human element. ItÕs not only about efficiency and productivity, but also about meaning, purpose, and quality of life. Mr. Samson enlightens us on how and why we are slowly being replaced by intelligent machines and offers alternatives which can facilitate the benefits of both technology and the human mind. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Provocative & Challenging
Review: This is the most provocative and challenging book I have ever read about where our nation is headed with respect to one
of the essential underpinnings of our economy and society; namely, decent jobs. Right now the shortage of jobs in the U.S. has pointed the finger to the off-shoring of jobs to countries with cheap labor. This book explains why, as serious as off-shoring is, "off-peopling" of jobs to robots will very soon be an even greater and more difficult problem to solve. The author explains in a very readable style, with clearly presented reasoning, backed by easily understood statistics, why the the threat of robots is no longer science fiction. He outlines ways that leaders in government, business, labor and education should be jointly working to avert the world-wide disruption of our economy and society which is already underway. We must develop and train people to fill millions of "human edge" jobs where, because humans are alive and robots are not, humans can come out on top of machines, even those with artificial intelligence -- not struggle in their wake. Then many people, not just a relatively few techies, can hold not only decent jobs but fulfilling ones. You have to read this book to understand how this is possible...and then join the crusade to make it happen.
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Summary: Provocative & Challenging
Review: This is the most provocative and challenging book I have ever read about where our nation is headed with respect to one
of the essential underpinnings of our economy and society; namely, decent jobs. Right now the shortage of jobs in the U.S. has pointed the finger to the off-shoring of jobs to countries with cheap labor. This book explains why, as serious as off-shoring is, "off-peopling" of jobs to robots will very soon be an even greater and more difficult problem to solve. The author explains in a very readable style, with clearly presented reasoning, backed by easily understood statistics, why the the threat of robots is no longer science fiction. He outlines ways that leaders in government, business, labor and education should be jointly working to avert the world-wide disruption of our economy and society which is already underway. We must develop and train people to fill millions of "human edge" jobs where, because humans are alive and robots are not, humans can come out on top of machines, even those with artificial intelligence -- not struggle in their wake. Then many people, not just a relatively few techies, can hold not only decent jobs but fulfilling ones. You have to read this book to understand how this is possible...and then join the crusade to make it happen.
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