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The Future of Work

Professor Daniel Susskind · Gresham College

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About

Ever since modern economic growth began three centuries ago, people have suffered from periodic bursts of anxiety about the technologies of the time taking on the work that they do. This opening lecture explores the history of ‘automation anxiety’ – from the Luddites who smashed framing machines at the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain to the protestors who set driverless cars on fire on the streets of San Francisco today. Time and again, their main worry – that there would not be enough work for people to do – turned out to be wrong.

Lectures

  1. Automation Anxiety 2025-09-09 · Audio
  2. The Economics of Work and Technology 2025-10-27 · Audio
  3. Economics and Artificial Intelligence 2026-01-13 · Audio
  4. Work, Out of Reach 2026-02-24 · Audio
  5. A World Without Work 2026-04-20 · Audio
  6. Education – And Its Limits 2026-05-26 · Audio

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Daniel Susskind
Year
2025
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science, Economics, Business and management, Teaching and learning
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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