
The Second Machine Age
Workby Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee · 2014
Heard in 2 episodes across 1 show since Sep 2026
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies is a 2014 book about the economic and social effects of rapid digital technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee argue that modern machines can automate or augment cognitive tasks, transforming work, productivity, and prosperity in ways distinct from the Industrial Revolution’s mechanization of physical labor.
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