- F.T. #01 Work is dead, long live the robots!

Barney and Lewis talk about the Pope's encyclical on technology, the likelihood of robots taking our jobs, and the economy through a religious lens, what's our responsibility? what could the answer be?

 

Show notes

 

Pope's encyclical

Will a robot take your job (BBC)

'Rise of the robots' by Martin Ford

The cows that queue to milk themselves (BBC)

Driverless cars

Max Weber

'The practice of the presence of God' by brother Lawrence

'How Your View of God Shapes Your View of the Economy' Baylor University

Elysium (2013)

Basic income

Bishop's letter

Basic income in Canada

Switzerland referendum on basic income