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The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4th IR) is a techno-infused discourse around which high-level discussions of the future have come to revolve. The vision depicted by the 4th IR is one of exponential technological change and convergence, a scene in which disruptive discoveries and their implementation occur simultaneously across the physical, digital and biological spheres. This article examines the development of the 4th IR and assesses the neoliberal logic behind it. Through a discourse analysis of high-level national and intergovernmental strategies, it exposes the business-orientated lean ...

Vivek Wadhwa, technology entrepreneur and bestselling author. After a yearlong hiatus, The University of Texas at Arlington’s Maverick Speakers Series is back in a new virtual format for its 13th season. Vivek Wadhwa, technology entrepreneur and bestselling author, kicks off the new Virtual Maverick Speakers Series this month. The talk will be livestreamed at uta.edu/maverickspeakers and is free to watch. Wadhwa will speak on “Navigating Technological Change at Light Speed” on Thursday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. His latest book, Your Happiness Was Hacked: Why Tech is Winning the Battle to ...

Economy Technology, labour market institutions and early retirement: evidence from Finland Among various barriers to increasing employment of older workers, this paper focuses on two notable ones that are relevant for the future of work. First, older workers engaged in codifiable, routine tasks are particularly prone to the risk of being displaced by computers and robots. Second, several countries have in place various labour market institutions that encourage early retirement, such as exceptional entitlements or ...

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The Atlantic As “Do the research” becomes a rallying cry for conspiracy theorists, classical information literacy is not enough. Adam Maida / The Atlantic For too long now, shared reality has been fracturing before our eyes. Eli Pariser’s concept of the “filter bubble” is already a decade old. Yochai Benkler’s research on propaganda networks finds that the roots of our epistemic crisis predate even the existence of the social web. The origins of this broken informational environment may be complicated, but the stakes are quite clearly life-and-death—and they prompt a question: H...