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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK: How to Survive the Economic Collapse and Be Happy Kindle Edition

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You are about to become obsolete. You think you are special, unique, and that whatever it is that you are doing is impossible to replace. You are wrong. As we speak, millions of algorithms created by computer scientists are frantically running on servers all over the world, with one sole purpose: do whatever humans can do, but better.
That is the argument for a phenomenon called technological unemployment, one that is pervading modern society. But is that really the case? Or is it just a futuristic fantasy? What will become of us in the coming years, and what can we do to prevent a catastrophic collapse of society?
Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK: how to survive the economic collapse and be happy explores the impact of technological advances on our lives, what it means to be happy, and provides suggestions on how to avoid a systemic collapse.

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Meeting Federico is letting sunshine in your life. His enthusiasm, curiosity, and passion for his interests and sharing experiences with others make it impossible not to like him [...] "Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK" is a smart, humorous, but thorough, and potentially important approach to a fundamental question of our time.
-- David Orban
CEO of dotSUB

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Understanding the complex relationship between automation and jobs requires empirical analysis and a nuanced inquiry. Federico Pistono's book "Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK" is a unique and fearless contribution to the ongoing conversation on this topic. Pistono approaches the issues with a perspective that reflects his love of both people and technology. The approach is relentlessly constructive, optimistic, and controversial. Read it, then agree or disagree with various points, but join the dialog!

-- Neil Jacobstein
Co-chair AI and Robotics, Singularity University

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Thanks for sharing this splendid piece of work. I have never taken drugs, but if I did, I expect that the ride would be like what I experienced in reading your book.

-- Vivek Wadhwa
Author, Columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Washington Post, The New York Times, and Science Magazine
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Instead of an apocalyptic view of the future, Pistono is the rare prophet with a Panglossian view of the future [this] book is the refreshing exception: no, we are not doomed. That, per se, is a good reason to read it. 

-- Piero Scaruffi, author and cultural historian, Stanford University

About the Author

Federico Pistono is an author, scientific educator, social activist, blogger, and aspiring filmmaker. He has written on science, technology, Internet communities, artificial intelligence, and climate change. He holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Verona, and completed the online course at Stanford on Machine Learning. In 2012 he graduated from Singularity University, NASA Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley, a special program whose aim to is solve humanity's grand challenges by leveraging exponentially growing technologies. He speaks regularly at TEDx events, schools, and symposia around the world. He's cofounder of the benefit corporation WiFli.
federicopistono.org
robotswillstealyourjob.com

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009R93JR6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace; 2nd edition (January 14, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 14, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2887 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 215 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 134 ratings

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Federico Pistono is an entrepreneur, angel investor, researcher, author, science educator and public speaker. He holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Verona, and he's a graduate of Singularity University, NASA Ames Research Park.

He's Futurist and Technology Expert in the program "Codice: la vita è digitale" (Code: life is digital), which airs on Rai1, the major national TV channel in Italy; and Head of Blockchain at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, the first supersonic travel on land in history.

At 31 years old, he became the youngest member of Italian Angels for Growth, the largest and most prestigious Angel Investors group in Italy.

He has co-founded four startups—two in Italy and two in the US—in the fields of e-learning, media production and distribution, wireless communication technology, and has consulted on technology and innovation for governments and Fortune 500 companies across the world, including Lufthansa and Google.

In 2012 he wrote the book "Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK: How to Survive the Economic Collapse and be Happy", which became an international success, published in English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and Chinese.

His work has also been cited and utilized by major economic institutions, universities, and think tanks, such as The Economist Intelligence Unit, the Italian Government, Google EU Public Policy and the European Commission.

Federico has more than a decade of professional experience in a variety of different fields—Education, Wireless Communication, New Media, IT Management, System Administration, Web Development, Product Management, UX design, Human Machine Interaction, Editing, Screenwriting, and Directing.

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