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Future · 21 min

The Second Machine Age

By Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee

This episode explores how digital technologies are fundamentally reshaping our economy and society, offering both unprecedented abundance and significant challenges that demand a new understanding of human value.

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“This episode explores how digital technologies are fundamentally reshaping our economy and society, offering both unprecedented abundance and significant challenges that demand a new understanding of human value.”

— Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, The Second Machine Age

What it is about

Digital transformation, future of work, economic impact

Who it is for

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the pace of technological change, or wondered how your skills fit into an increasingly automated world, this will clarify the underlying forces at play, and this will help you see what to do next.

The author

Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, leading MIT researchers, offer a clear-eyed, data-driven analysis of how digital technologies are fundamentally transforming our economy and society, providing an essential map for understanding the present and future.

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Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee

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