This episode explores how automation, AI, and the gig economy are transforming labor worldwide. It explains how machines are replacing not only manual jobs but also professional roles, while gig work offers flexibility at the cost of rights and stability. The episode highlights who benefits—corporations, investors, consumers—and who suffers: workers facing precarity and inequality. It also discusses global impacts, the psychological toll, and possible futures, including universal basic income, stronger labor protections, and taxing automation. Ultimately, it frames the future of work as a choice—not a destiny.