Freakonomics Radio

461. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse

May 6, 2021

48:22

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The Future of Work

02:20

Cobots in Japanese Nursing Homes

01:35

Automating of Work Is Big Business

02:35

Introduction

2min

Will New Technologies Make That Gap Bigger or Smaller?

2min

The Future Got Here Yesterday, Stephen Dubner

2min

The Pandemic Recession and the U.S. Workforce

2min

The Work of the Future

2min

Increasing Expertise in the High Tech Professions

2min

Automating of Work Is Big Business

3min

The Fear of New Technologies

2min

The Robotics of the Future

2min

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Are You Leading Edge or Lagging?

2min

11.

The Nursing Home Robots Are Increasing Productivity at the Nursing Home

2min

12.

The Future of Health Care Robots

5min

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The U.S. Is a Good Place to Start a Robotic Industry

2min

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Is Japan a Good Place to Start?

2min

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Cobots in Japanese Nursing Homes

2min

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The Role of Cobots in Nursing Homes

2min

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Robots and Labor in the Nursing Home Sector

2min

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Cobots and the Human Appetite for Compassion

2min

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Is There Regulation That Prevents This Right Now?

2min

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Is Robotics Complementing Human Labor?

2min

21.

The Future of Work

2min

22.

The Government Can Do a Lot, and It Can't Be Effective

2min

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The Problem of Lack of Labor, the Problem of Overseasing Work

2min

24.

Is There a Way to Share in the Assets of Society?

2min

25.

Freconomics Radio Podcast

2min

It’s true that robots (and other smart technologies) will kill many jobs. It may also be true that newer collaborative robots (“cobots”) will totally reinvigorate how work gets done. That, at least, is what the economists are telling us. Should we believe them?