The Second Machine Age

The Second Machine Age

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by 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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