TY - BOOK AU - Ford, Martin TI - Rise of the robots SN - 9780465059997 PY - 2015/// CY - PB - Basic books KW - HD INDUSTRIES. LAND USE. LABOR KW - Labor supply KW - Effect of automation on KW - Labor technological innovations on KW - Employment forecasting KW - Technological innovations KW - Economic aspects KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics General KW - TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING Social Aspects KW - TECHNOLOGY Automation KW - TECHNOLOGY Robotics N1 - technology and the threat of a jobless future N2 - ; 'In Silicon Valley the phrase 'disruptive technology' is tossed around on a casual basis. No one doubts that technology has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a bigger question: Can accelerating technology disrupt our entire economic system to the point where a fundamental restructuring is required? Companies like Facebook and YouTube may only need a handful of employees to achieve enormous valuations, but what will be the fate of those of us not lucky or smart enough to have gotten into the great shift from human labor to computation?'-- Provided by publisher. ; ; ER -