Introduction

This is the final episode of containers in audio documentary about global trade technology and the work that goes into moving stuff around the world. We've learned how its transformed everything from how you get your tooth brush to the very structure of cities. And last week, we met with longshore men who lived through the ottomation of the dock, work they'd built tepears doing. Next the future is robots. Are they gong to take all the jobs? Will they become friendly, little, worrying work pets? How humans and robots are going to come together is the topic of this last essay.