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The coming AI jobs-pocalypse
The story we tell ourselves about technology and jobs has almost always been wrong, at least in the short term.
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Jobs free future: Machines v Lawyers
"As information technology advances, the legal profession faces a great disruption." Along with this disruption come serious questions for the future of legal education, legal careers, and the nature of legal business models.In Machines v. Lawyers Professor John O. McGinnis outlines the five key areas of legal
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Turf wars on the frontiers of the sharing economy
The sharing economy is turning into big business now, with companies perceiving a potential advantage: Looking to save money, big business dives into the sharing economy. And, as this new economy grows, there will be turf wars between the old and the new world. A recent headline on Mashable read
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Trade unions and the jobs free future
Background to the jobs free future and trade unions Recently I wrote about the jobs free future, where the traditional model of a job for life is dead and industries that were familiar employers during the twentieth century are significantly reducing their need for labour. The jobs free future represents
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What is the future of work? Zero hours, surveillance, robots and the jobs free future
The future of work has been on my mind a lot over the past few years. It seems that the future of jobs is bleak in a number of ways. For example, zero hours, surveillance, and robots are on the horizon for many workers. This is all part of what