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English Summary/英文概要： A consensus-shattering account of automation technologies and their effect on workplaces and the labor market
Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living on the cusp of an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as we know it. But does the much-discussed “rise of the robots” really explain the jobs crisis that awaits us on the other side of the coronavirus?
In Automation and the Future of Work, Aaron Benanav uncovers the structural economic trends that will shape our working lives far into the future. What social movements, he asks, are required to propel us into post-scarcity, if technological innovation alone can’t deliver it? In response to calls for a universal basic income that would maintain a growing army of redundant workers, he offers a counter-proposal.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 矽谷巨頭、政治家、科技未來主義者和社會評論家一致認為，我們正生活在一個自動化技術快速崛起的時代，這預示著人力勞動即將迎來終結。但是，這一波廣受討論的「機器人崛起」真的能解釋在後疫情時代等待著我們的就業危機嗎？
在本書中，Aaron Benanav揭示了將塑造我們未來工作生活的結構性經濟趨勢。他問道，如果僅靠技術創新還不夠，還需要哪些社會運動，才能真正推動我們進入後匱乏(post-scarcity)社會的理想？當全世界都在呼籲維持全民基本收入的重要性，而該措施仍將使冗員勞動者持續增加時，本書作者提出了另一個不同的選項。
註:後匱乏(post-scarcity)是一種迄今為止還未實現的社會。在這種社會裡，商品、服務、資訊都可以被人們無償占有，貨幣也將不復存在。人們之所以能這麼做，是由於在後匱乏社會裡，物質、能量、資訊都大量的存在，並且存在自動系統，使人們不需要付出任何勞動即可獲取日常用品和其它產品。
(Zoe)
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