Episode 86 - John Danaher on Automation and Utopia

Show Notes

This week, Tom and Carla are very pleased to have John Danaher with us as our guest. John is the author of the just-published Harvard University Press book, Automation and Utopia: Human Flourishing in a World Without Work. He is a philosopher and lawyer, currently a lecturer in the Law School at the National University of Ireland. His Philosophical Disquisitions website is an outstanding source for reflections on the ethical, social and legal implications of emerging technologies.

John’s Website Automation and Utopia on Amazon Frey and Osborne Oxford Work Study McKinsey 2017 Job Report WALL-E Humans and displacement in the “cognitive niche” “Blueprint” vs. “Horizonal” models of utopia Bernard Suits book, The Grasshopper John on Twitter

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