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Inspired by: other » End of Work

version: 1 / created: 2010-07-14
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Originally submitted by: Nicholas John
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Source of inspiration

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The source of the Wild Card is

J. Rifkin, "The End of Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era" (1995)

Headline

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End of Work

Description

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Please describe the Wild Card (approx. 150 words)
Advances in automation, robotics and ICT renders most human work unnecessary, with major economic and social consequences. Unemployment becomes a norm.

Keywords

automation, work, leisure, unemployment