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Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-robots-are-coming-for-your-office-with-nyts-kevin-roose/id1011668648?i=1000514066396

"Be more human, this is something machines can't automate."

Key ideas: How automation is coming for both blue and white collar jobs, how there's no long term without the short term & how the future is more about experiences

Who is Kevin Roose:

• Writes and speaks regularly on topics such as automation and A.I., social media, disinformation and cybersecurity, and digital wellness.
• Technology columnist for The New York Times, and author of three books: Futureproof, Young Money, and The Unlikely Disciple.
• Host of “Rabbit Hole,” a New York Times-produced podcast about internet culture.

Idea 1 @ 3mins:

• Automation isn't only going to happen to factory workers & truck drivers. It can happen to accountants, lawyers, journalists. Basically, if you have a job sitting in front of a computer using software in the same way everyday, automation for that role is possible. The automation won’t be cool, innovative or even work that well, it’ll just be cheaper, faster and less likely to complain. The key questions inside of automation is whether there will be new jobs created, and whether people who lose jobs because of automation have the ability to learn the required skills to change jobs.

Idea 2 @ 29mins: 

• There's no long term without the short term, and there's no future without thinking about the long term. When it comes to innovating and changing things, most of the times, we're doing it because it's a positive change for people in the long term. But we have to remember to listen to the people about how it impacts in the current moment. The industrial revolution actually sucked for a lot of people because of how much they were forced to work when it first came about. Telling them that in 30-40 years time, the GDP of the country is going to significantly increase, isn't helpful for them in their current moment.

Idea 3 @ 56mins: 

• Jobs that are about making a specific product in scale becomes less important, whilst jobs that are about making people feel things such as experiences will likely become more important. Businesses often get in trouble when they start with the automation and then bring in humans. Often it's better to have humans first, then bring in automation where it makes sense, because then you better understand how things work and what’s required.

1 question:

Can you think of something you can work on that can't be automated by machines?

Other topics:

• How companies is already using robot process automation in this day and age
• How taking away some of the boring tasks isn't always a good thing for employees
• What are the 9 rules to futureproof yourself so that you don't get automated.