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Automa­tion, specif­i­cal­ly the use of machines to increase the pro­duc­tive capa­bil­i­ties of an indus­try, has been a boogey­man for politi­cians, labour­ers, and aca­d­e­mics since the 1800s. We were afraid that these new-fan­gled machines would replace us, make us unem­ploy­able, and in a world where you need to work to survive…maybe even kill us. Even Karl Marx wrote on the dan­gers that automa­tion brought with it, writ­ing on the mind­less automa­tons who would even fur­ther reduce the vale of pro­duc­tive labour, but he also men­tioned the flip side.

On this episode of Let’s Talk About, Jason dives into the world of automa­tion, and the two sides argu­ing it will help, or harm, society.