Will Machines Rule the World? - [UPDATED]

Humanity remains at the wheel in the second machine age by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson (FT – Gated Access)

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e8448366-81cd-11e3-87d5-00144feab7de.html#axzz2r33Ouzeq

Technology and Jobs

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21594298-effect-todays-technology-tomorrows-jobs-will-be-immenseand-no-country-ready

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21594264-previous-technological-innovation-has-always-delivered-more-long-run-employment-not-less

Review of “The Second Machine Age”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/review-the-second-machine-age-by-erik-brynjolfsson-and-andrew-mcafee/2014/01/17/ace0611a-718c-11e3-8b3f-b1666705ca3b_story.html

Tom Friedman on Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee’s new book “The Second Machine Age”:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/opinion/sunday/friedman-if-i-had-a-hammer.html

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Implications of labor-substituting technologies may be relevant for discussions involving population growth rates. See earlier post:

Declining Fertility Rates - Good or Bad?