Why Automation Hurts Us
Knowledge is now available faster than our brains can process it, but the information rushing at light speed could be slowing us down, says Nicholas Carr, author of “The Glass Cage: Automation and Us.”
View ArticleThe End of Human Resources?
Your HR department may be in for a massive change. But instead of destroying HR, automation could actually save it, says Steve Miranda, Managing Director of Cornell University’s Center for Advanced...
View ArticleRobots May Drive Bigger Wedge Between Rich and Poor
Robots are having a moment.They're breaking hearts in the movie "Ex Machina," splayed across the pages of The New York Times and filling the airwaves with a series from NPR's Planet Money on robots'...
View ArticleThe Once and Future Robot Helper
In Machines of Loving Grace, New York Times reporter John Markoff, the first reporter to write extensively about the development of the World Wide Web, offers a sweeping history of the complicated and...
View ArticleThe End of Human Resources?
Your HR department may be in for a massive change. But instead of destroying HR, automation could actually save it, says Steve Miranda, Managing Director of Cornell University’s Center for Advanced...
View ArticleUpdate: Decoding discrimination in America’s temp industry
Earlier this year, Reveal reporter Will Evans told us about the discrimination certain temp workers face. In case you missed it: A blatant system of racial discrimination pervades the temporary jobs...
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Mexico taking U.S. factory jobs? Blame robots instead
Manufacturing is still flourishing, even as machines do increasing amounts of work. Photo via Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Donald Trump blames Mexico and China for stealing millions of jobs from the United...
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What Amazon’s cashier-free store could mean for millions of workers
The sign for the Amazon Go brick-and-mortar grocery store without lines or checkout counters, is pictured in Seattle Washington, U.S. December 5, 2016. Photo by Jason Redmond/REUTERSAmazon forayed into...
View ArticleWhile Trump Takes on Trade, Automation Goes Ignored
President Donald Trump is taking aim at what he considers the culprits of the nation's disappearing jobs: international trade agreements and fleeing U.S. companies. This week, Trump signed a memo...
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Trump's Fight to Protect Autoworkers
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.President Donald Trump has vowed to keep the auto industry in the U.S. to provide blue collar jobs for the autoworkers he says have been...
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Column: Robots won’t steal all our jobs, if employers and workers adapt
Technicians build LEAP engines for jetliners at a new, highly automated General Electric (GE) factory in Lafayette, Indiana, on March 29, 2017. Photo by REUTERS/Alwyn ScottEditor’s Note: On tonight’s...
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Are we on the brink of a jobless future?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSAre robots coming for your blue-collar jobs? Will we be wiped out by machine overlords? Maybe we need a game plan now MILES O’BRIEN: We’re going to get a...
View ArticleWant to Reach the Middle Class? Robert Reich Has Some Advice
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. With so many changes to the American economy over the past several decades, the conventional wisdom on how to gain access to the middle class...
View ArticleThe Brains Behind Automation
We constantly hear that technology is killing opportunities in the workplace. But reports by the World Economic Forum and Deloitte have shown that automation is creating — and will continue to create...
View ArticleRobotizing Swing States
With the midterms looming, both Democrats and Republicans are sweating out the home stretch in Congressional races across the country. And as in any election, there’s a lot of focus on swing states...
View ArticleFull Show: Votes, Jobs, and Tech
First, swing states have a ton of power in determining control of Congress and many of the people living in those states have experienced the effects of automation in the workplace. Author Brian...
View Article377- How To Pick A Pepper
The chili pepper is the pride of New Mexico, but they have a problem with their beloved crop. There just aren’t enough workers to pick the peppers. Picking chili peppers can be especially grueling work...
View Article377- How To Pick A Pepper
The chili pepper is the pride of New Mexico, but they have a problem with their beloved crop. There just aren’t enough workers to pick the peppers. Picking chili peppers can be especially grueling work...
View ArticleYour 21st Century Job
Adam Davidson, New Yorker staff writer, co-founder of NPR's Planet Money, CEO of the podcast production company Three Uncanny Four, and the author of The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in...
View ArticleWhat An Amazon Fulfillment Center In NYC Tells Us About The Future Of Work
Throughout the pandemic, Amazon has grown exponentially, as have calls for fairer working conditions for the logistic giant's workers.On Today's Show:Prize-winning investigative reporter and...
View ArticleThe Robots Are Taking (More and Better) Jobs
On Today's Show:Steve Lohr, New York Times technology and economics reporter, talks about recent economic research that points to artificial intelligence as a reason for widening economic disparity.
View ArticleOrigin Stories
We’re all in a tizzy here at Radiolab on account of our 20-year anniversary. And, as one does upon passing a milestone, we’ve been looking back in all kinds of ways. Two weeks ago, we went out over the...
View Article552- Blood in the Machine
Brian Merchant is a tech reporter, and he'd been covering the industry for years when he started to notice a term that kept coming up. When he wrote a story that was critical of tech, he'd be accused...
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