
David Autor on the Future of Work and Polanyi's Paradox
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How to Make the Environment Predictable
Andrew Wiles: College is overrated, but the parts of college that people ought to be focusing on are math and communication. Andrew Wiles: How do we deal with machines that are inflexible? We make the environment predictable so it doesn't demand flexibility. He says a company called Kiva helps warehouses organize goods in such a way that they'd vastly reduce the need for a human touch.
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