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FUTUREPROOF
9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation
What can we do to stay relevant and necessary as we are replaced by computers? 9 short chapters of advice about leaning into the specific traits that make us human and that cannot be replicated by machine.
The machines are here. After decades of sci-fi fantasies and hype, artificial intelligence has leapt out of research labs and Silicon Valley engineering departments and into the center of our lives. Algorithms shape everything around us, from the news we see to the products we buy and the relationships we form. And while the debate over whether or not automation will destroy jobs rages on, a much more important question is being ignored: What does it mean to be a human in a world that is increasingly built by and for machines?
In Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation, New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose lays out a hopeful, pragmatic vision of how people can succeed in the machine age by making themselves irreplaceably human. He shares the secrets of people and organizations that have survived technological change, and explains how we can protect our own futures, with lessons like:
1) Be surprising, social, and scarce
2) Resiste machine drift
3) Demote your devices
4) Leave handprints
5) Don#t be an endpoint
Roose rejects the conventional wisdom that in order to compete with machines, we have to become more like them - hyper-efficient, data-driven, code-writing workhorses. Instead, he says, we should let machines be machines, and focus on doing the kinds of creative, inspiring, and meaningful things only humans can do.
Kevin Roose is a technology columnist for The New York Times and a writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine. His column, "The Shift," examines the intersection of tech, business, and culture. He writes and speaks regularly on many topics, including automation and A.I., social media, disinformation and cybersecurity, and digital wellness. Previously, he was a writer at New York magazine. He is the New York Times bestselling author of two books, YOUNG MONEY and THE UNLIKELY DISCIPLE, and a regular guest on The Daily. He has been named to Forbes' "30 Under 30". He lives in the San Francisco area.
In Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation, New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose lays out a hopeful, pragmatic vision of how people can succeed in the machine age by making themselves irreplaceably human. He shares the secrets of people and organizations that have survived technological change, and explains how we can protect our own futures, with lessons like:
1) Be surprising, social, and scarce
2) Resiste machine drift
3) Demote your devices
4) Leave handprints
5) Don#t be an endpoint
Roose rejects the conventional wisdom that in order to compete with machines, we have to become more like them - hyper-efficient, data-driven, code-writing workhorses. Instead, he says, we should let machines be machines, and focus on doing the kinds of creative, inspiring, and meaningful things only humans can do.
Kevin Roose is a technology columnist for The New York Times and a writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine. His column, "The Shift," examines the intersection of tech, business, and culture. He writes and speaks regularly on many topics, including automation and A.I., social media, disinformation and cybersecurity, and digital wellness. Previously, he was a writer at New York magazine. He is the New York Times bestselling author of two books, YOUNG MONEY and THE UNLIKELY DISCIPLE, and a regular guest on The Daily. He has been named to Forbes' "30 Under 30". He lives in the San Francisco area.
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