Opinion: A Four-Day Week Is Possible
Abandoning demands for shorter working hours risks discarding a highly popular policy with the capacity to transform our society for the betterment of all, argues Aidan Harper.
Tag: automation
Clear Bright Future: Paul Mason on Radical Humanism
James Butler is joined by Paul Mason to discuss his new book, Clear Bright Future. In a time of political repression and looming technological dystopia, can resistance be found in a renewed understanding of humanity itself?
After Work?
James Butler is joined by Will Stronge, director of the think tank Autonomy, to discuss the future of work.
A New Dark Age?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by James Bridle, to discuss the politics of technology, silicon prometheanism, how to think about the present – and why nothing seemed to happen after the Snowden leaks.
Robots Aren’t Coming for Our Jobs – Capitalists Are
We often here about how automation is coming for our jobs whether we like it or not, but automation isn't an impersonal force of history - it's a political process with contestable consequences, argues Grace Blakeley.
Left Left Up: Tesla, Robot Tax and Uber
Watch the inaugural ‘Left Left Up’ – your monthly fix of gaming & tech news covered from a radical perspective. This month we will be discussing Tesla, Robot Taxes, Uber Drivers and so much more!
Long Read: How Platform Cooperativism Can Unleash The Network
Trebor Schulz argues that we need to re-imagine the way we organise work and ownership in high-tech industries.
Platform Capitalism
On this week's #NovaraFM Aaron Bastani is joined by Nick Srnicek, author of Platform Capitalism.
4 Reasons Why Technological Unemployment Might Really Be Different This Time
What does automation mean for the future of employment? Some fear it will cast us to the scrapheap while the automated economy grinds on; others argue technological developments have always created new jobs. But could it ever mean something different entirely?
The Crapulent Moronism of Will Hutton (Or ‘On Automation’)
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss automation, value, the secular crisis and the society of work.
Surplus: Labour and Capital, Utopia and Dystopia
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler are joined by Hannah Forbes Black as they discuss ideas of surplus in relation to labour and capital, utopia and dystopia.