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Why is the book called
The Lights in the Tunnel?
The book uses a unique
approach: it creates a mental simulation (or imaginary video game)
based on "lights in a tunnel" in order to help the reader visualize
the future economic impact of robotics and other job automation
technologies.
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About
the Author |
| Martin Ford is the founder of a
Silicon Valley-based software development firm. He has over 25
years experience in the fields of computer design and
software development. He holds a computer engineering degree
from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a graduate
business degree from the University of California, Los
Angeles. |
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Will robotic unemployment bring on a new
economic crisis?
A new must-read book
reveals how computers, robots, software automation and
artificial intelligence are poised to eliminate
millions of jobs and lead to massive unemployment in
the relatively near future.
THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL,
written by a Silicon Valley computer engineer, gives you an
inside track on what may be the most important economic
development of the twenty-first century. You will
learn:
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Why tens
of millions of the jobs held by average people will
ultimately be threatened by job automation as the capability
of machines and computers continues to relentlessly
improve.
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Why additional
training and/or a college degree may NOT
protect you from the threat of job automation and may, if
fact, even make you more vulnerable.
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How robotic and
machine learning technologies may combine with
offshoring to eliminate even more jobs.
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Which types of
jobs and careers are likely to be safest from
automation and offshoring and which will be among the first
to be automated.
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Why economists and
policy makers are either completely oblivious to this
issue—or in denial.
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How staggering
increases in unemployment, low wages and plunging consumer
spending may bring on an economic crisis far more severe
than the current recession.
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Why science
fiction-like intelligent machines and robots are not necessary
for most jobs to be automated—this could happen long before
we expect it.
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Why much of the
conventional wisdom about globalization, the future of
countries like China, and the shape of the
twenty-first century is almost certainly completely
wrong.
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What the future of
college education will look like—and what accelerating
technology will mean for our children when it is their
turn to enter the job market.
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Specific policy
recommendations that will help avoid the coming crisis and
leverage the economic realities of the future to drive
overall prosperity and address global issues like poverty
and climate change.
Whether you are an investor, a business
owner, a parent, or if you simply want to hold on to your job,
you can't afford not to read THE LIGHTS IN THE
TUNNEL.
Excerpt: Read the: Introduction | Table of Contents
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