Sleepers, Wake!: Technology And The Future Of Work
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A landmark work of social and economic analysis, Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work presents a bold and urgent argument about the seismic shifts that automation and technological change are bringing to the nature of human labor. Australian politician and polymath Barry Jones chronicles the decline of traditional employment structures and warns that societies clinging to outdated assumptions about work risk being left wholly unprepared for the post-industrial age. Written with intellectual rigor and passionate conviction, the text draws on history, economics, and political theory to illustrate how governments and institutions must radically rethink education, welfare, and the distribution of leisure time. Jones argues that the coming transformation is not merely an economic challenge but a profound cultural and philosophical one, demanding nothing less than a reimagining of what it means to live a meaningful life in a technologically advanced society. First published in 1982 and widely influential in Australian public policy debates, this prescient work remains a vital and thought-provoking read for anyone grappling with the enduring questions surrounding technology, work, and human purpose.
Author: Barry Jones
Format: Paperback
Published: 1984, Oxford University Press
Genre: Business & economics
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work of social and economic analysis, Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work presents a bold and urgent argument about the seismic shifts that automation and technological change are bringing to the nature of human labor. Australian politician and polymath Barry Jones chronicles the decline of traditional employment structures and warns that societies clinging to outdated assumptions about work risk being left wholly unprepared for the post-industrial age. Written with intellectual rigor and passionate conviction, the text draws on history, economics, and political theory to illustrate how governments and institutions must radically rethink education, welfare, and the distribution of leisure time. Jones argues that the coming transformation is not merely an economic challenge but a profound cultural and philosophical one, demanding nothing less than a reimagining of what it means to live a meaningful life in a technologically advanced society. First published in 1982 and widely influential in Australian public policy debates, this prescient work remains a vital and thought-provoking read for anyone grappling with the enduring questions surrounding technology, work, and human purpose.