

Novara FM: We Were Promised Robot Butlers w/ Helen Hester & Nick Srnicek
Jul 20, 2023
Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek discuss the challenges of automating care work, the changing dynamics of domestic work between genders, the privatization of social reproduction in the neoliberal era, the history of collective laundries, the concept of a post-work society, the redistribution of necessary labor, and the steps towards a post-work world.
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Introduction
00:00 • 5min
The Challenges of Automating Care Work
05:04 • 18min
Exploring Domestic Work, Gender Inequality, and Historical Shifts
23:04 • 5min
Changes in Social Reproduction and the Role of the Family in the Neoliberal Era
28:07 • 31min
The History of Collective Laundries and the Challenges of Long-Term Care
58:40 • 4min
The Challenges of a Post-Work Society
01:02:46 • 14min
Emancipatory Labor and the Redistribution of Necessary Labor
01:16:59 • 7min
Towards a Post-Work World and Labor Organizing
01:24:02 • 8min