3 myths about the future of work (and why they're not true)

Will machines replace humans? Is that even the right question? Open in browser

This week on TED.com March 17, 2018

Talk of the week Daniel Susskind: 3 myths about the future of work (and why they're not true) 15:47 minutes · Filmed Dec 2017 · Posted Mar 2018 · TED@Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany "Will machines replace humans?" This question is on the mind of anyone with a job to lose. Daniel Susskind confronts this question and three misconceptions we have about our automated future, suggesting we ask something else: How will we distribute wealth in a world when there will be less -- or even no -- work? Watch now »

Playlist of the week Take a day trip to the Arctic and Antarctica These speakers braved the cold at the Earth's poles (so you don't have to) and brought back stunning images and stories. Watch » 7 TED Talks • Total run time 1:22:57

THIS Week's new TED Talks Sometimes, a single decision can change the course of history. Join journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson as she tells the story of the Great Migration, the outpouring of six million African Americans from the Jim Crow South. It happened one individual decision at a time, in a mass movement that reshaped the America we know today. Watch » The arts bring meaning to our lives and spirit to our culture -- so why do we expect artists to struggle to make a living? Hadi Eldebek is working to help artists express their value, with an online platform that matches artists with grants and funding -- so they can focus on their craft instead of their side hustle. Watch » Throughout his colorful career, Iké Udé has found creative ways to create striking, beautiful images of African excellence. In this tour of his work, he shares evocative portraits that blend clothing, props and poses from many cultures at once into sharp takes on the varied, complex beauty of Africa. Watch » Deanna Van Buren asks a big question: How do we heal society after a crime has occurred? As an architect, Van Buren works to create spaces for justice, dialogue and healing -- plus job training and social services to help keep people from committing crimes in the first place. "Imagine a world without prisons," Van Buren says, "and all the things we could build instead." Watch » According to the US Department of Education, more than 85 percent of black fourth-grade boys aren't proficient in reading. What kind of reading experiences should we be creating to ensure that all children read well? In a talk that might make you rethink how we teach, Alvin Irby explains the reading challenges that many black children face -- and inspires us to help all children identify as readers. Watch » We're all against hate, right? We agree it's a problem -- their problem, not our problem, that is. But as Sally Kohn discovered, we all hate -- some of us in subtle ways, others in obvious ones. As she confronts a hard story from her own life, she shares ideas on how we can recognize, challenge and heal from hatred in our institutions and in ourselves. Watch »

Read more on ideas.ted.com Education: Too many teachers in the US struggle to earn a living. Three ideas to change that >> A veteran educator from Oklahoma shares tough truths and a bold vision  Tech: This small country is building a tech-enabled e-government >> How (and why) tiny Estonia is creating an information society Working life: Tapping into the power of the humble narcissist >> Is it better to be humble or to be a star? The answer: both Do you have 5 minutes to help us make TED Talks better?  TED is building a new rating system to improve the quality of talks we share with you. If you have time, please take this short, thoughtful survey and tell us what you think. Take the TED Talks Rating Survey >>

Quote of the Week “ The Great Migration was the first time in American history that the lowest-caste people actually had a chance to choose for themselves what they would do with their God-given talents -- and where they would pursue them. On those plantations [of the American South] were opera singers, jazz musicians, playwrights, novelists, surgeons, attorneys, accountants, professors, journalists. And how do we know that? Because that is what they and their children and now their grandchildren and even great-grandchildren have chosen to become, once they had the chance to choose for themselves what they would do with their God-given talents." Isabel Wilkerson The Great Migration and the power of a single decision

binge watch the series: Small thing, big idea Brilliant idea bites about ordinary things with extraordinary stories. Learn about the pencil, the staircase, the Tube map and more in this charming, binge-able series. Watch now >>

 

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