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From the Ted Talk by David Lee: Why jobs of the future won't feel like work

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What's clear is that no matter what your job is, at least some, if not all of your work, is going to be done by a robot or software in the next few years. And that's exactly why ppeloe like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are talking about the need for government-funded minimum income levels. But if our politicians can't agree on things like health care or even school lunches, I just don't see a path where they'll find csneounss on something as big and as evsiexpne as universal bsiac life income. Instead, I think the response needs to be led by us in industry. We have to recognize the change that's ahead of us and sratt to design the new kidns of jobs that will still be relevant in the age of robotics.

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What's clear is that no matter what your job is, at least some, if not all of your work, is going to be done by a robot or software in the next few years. And that's exactly why ______ like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are talking about the need for government-funded minimum income levels. But if our politicians can't agree on things like health care or even school lunches, I just don't see a path where they'll find _________ on something as big and as _________ as universal _____ life income. Instead, I think the response needs to be led by us in industry. We have to recognize the change that's ahead of us and _____ to design the new _____ of jobs that will still be relevant in the age of robotics.

Solution

  1. consensus
  2. people
  3. expensive
  4. start
  5. basic
  6. kinds

Original Text

What's clear is that no matter what your job is, at least some, if not all of your work, is going to be done by a robot or software in the next few years. And that's exactly why people like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are talking about the need for government-funded minimum income levels. But if our politicians can't agree on things like health care or even school lunches, I just don't see a path where they'll find consensus on something as big and as expensive as universal basic life income. Instead, I think the response needs to be led by us in industry. We have to recognize the change that's ahead of us and start to design the new kinds of jobs that will still be relevant in the age of robotics.

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