Dylan R. Matthews on Our New Robot Overlords

Instead of fearing the economic implications of technological progress, Dylan R. Matthews suggests in The Crimson that new technology should be embraced for its potential to create a society less devoted to work. In the exploring the economics of the issue, Matthews asserts that “technological progress requires humans to do less work, but it does not require fewer human workers. The same number of workers could just do less work per person. Robots could increase leisure, not unemployment.”
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