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Category Archive: Business

Why Do Tech Companies Want to Read Our Minds? (Brain-computer interfaces, surgical implants and the end of privacy)

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We are free to think whatever we want. From a young age, we are told that no one […]

Joshua Krook September 6, 2019 Business

Automation and the Classic Political Response – Retrain Workers – Inadequate

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When the threat of automation is raised, politicians tend to respond with banal platitudes about retraining workers. “We […]

Joshua Krook April 26, 2019 Business

The Systematic Mistreatment of Casual Workers

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* This is an article written by Chloe Byrne, featuring quotations from myself and others on casual work […]

Joshua Krook June 13, 2018 Business

South Korea is Shutting Down Computers to Stop Overtime Work, We Should Too

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Recently, the South Korean government announced that they will be automatically shutting down government computers to stop overtime […]

Joshua Krook April 10, 2018 Business, Economics

Video Contest: What is a Meaningful Job?

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Several years ago my girlfriend created Big Q Films, a group aimed at tackling the biggest questions with […]

Joshua Krook March 5, 2018 Business

We Should Have a 15 Hour Working Week (Says an Economist from 1930)

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By 2030, Keynes wrote, we should all be working 15 hours a week at full time wages (not […]

Joshua Krook October 22, 2017 Business, Economics, Ideas, Philosophy

Kindle Launch: Essays in AI: Technology, Automation and the Future of 9-5 Work

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Essays in AI looks at how new technology, automation and artificial intelligence might change our lives for the worse. It’s a compilation book of various essays and articles I’ve written on the topic over the years. Although it’s quite short, each essay packs a punch!

Joshua Krook August 17, 2017 Books, Business, Ideas, Philosophy

Automating Job Applications: Should a Robot Apply For a Job on Your Behalf?

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An estimated 90% of large companies are using automated software to read and respond to resumes. From tracking software that reads a […]

Joshua Krook July 13, 2017 Business, Ideas

Expert culture has killed the innovator in workplaces

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Over the last few decades, the Western world has had an increasingly specialised workforce, with workers trained in […]

Joshua Krook May 18, 2017 Business, Ideas, Philosophy, University

Degrees of separation: companies shed degree requirements to promote merit over qualifications

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At the end of 2016, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that close to two-thirds of all […]

Joshua Krook May 18, 2017 Business, Ideas, University

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