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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democr


(2015/12/22) The future of work (Culture) (Repost)

March 08, 2016

Edition #978
Today we look at the shifting trends of how and why people work and what may happen when the robots take everyone’s jobs
 
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: Tipping Point: Technology Now Destroying More Jobs Than It Creates - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 06-13-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: Work to live - Serious Suicide

00:04:15 Ch. 4: Act 2: Nigel Cameron: A world without work - @TEDTalks - Air Date: 4-23-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: What Would You Do? - The Living End

00:22:40 Ch. 6: Act 3: Robots Will Take Your Job SOON! (seriously) - @RedactedTonight w/ @LeeCamp - Air Date: 05-09-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: Robot friend - Pretty Little Demons

00:28:48 Ch. 8: Act 4: Practical Theology (Because who wants impractical theology?) Part 1 - Progressive Faith Sermons - Dr. Roger Ray - Air Date 12-13-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Courage - Authority Zero

00:37:31 Ch. 10: Act 5: Barry Schwartz: The way we think about work is broken - @TEDTalks - Air Date: 9-8-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Human Nature - Michael Jackson

00:45:50 Ch. 12: Act 6: Practical Theology (Because who wants impractical theology?) Part 2 - Progressive Faith Sermons - Dr. Roger Ray - Air Date 12-13-15

Voicemails
00:56:59 Ch. 13: 7 Violence against women re: abortion? - Robert from New Hampshire
00:59:05 Ch. 14: 8 Response to thoughts on "unskilled labor" - Colin from Cleveland, OH
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

01:01:34 Ch. 15: Final comments on After Tiller, the Progressive Faith Sermon and how human nature is moulded by our circumstances
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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