Out of Work: When Robots Clock In and Humans Clock Out
When the robots clock in, will you be clocked out - or clocking into something better?
Congratulations - the future you were promised is finally here. The good news? Robots are doing the jobs you hate: flipping burgers, pushing paperwork, even writing bad advertising copy (ironically, this was written by a real human - for now). The bad news? Those jobs paid your rent, gave your days structure, and provided just enough existential dread to keep you interesting at dinner parties.
Out of Work is your blunt, darkly funny roadmap through the polite robot takeover nobody ordered - but everyone's getting anyway. From the factory floor to your white-collar cubicle (yes, yours too, spreadsheet jockey), this book shows you what happens when the machines stop asking if they can help and just quietly take over the shift while you're in the breakroom watching cat videos.
What's left for us when the bots do it all? Universal Basic Income and endless leisure? Sure - assuming the same people automating your job feel like cutting you a check. (Don't hold your breath.) Maybe you'll reinvent yourself as an "AI consultant" or a "digital artisan" selling bespoke candle tutorials to bored billionaires. Or maybe you'll binge videos about how robots took your job while your fridge listens in and suggests antidepressants.
This isn't just a book about robots. It's a mirror pointed straight at us - our work, our purpose, our very human impulse to feel useful, even if it kills us. Out of Work doesn't sugarcoat what happens when you swap your timecard for an algorithm - it laughs at the absurdity, pokes at the panic, and dares you to imagine what you might do next, if you still have the nerve to be human when the metal coworkers are humming along without you.
Inside you'll find:
- Tales of jobs that vanished when the bots clocked in - and the ones next on the chopping block.
- Grimly hilarious predictions for what humans will do when there's nothing left to "do."
- A final epilogue that asks if the last human job is really an ending - or just the weird, inconvenient beginning of something better.
- A bonus glossary, so you can nod knowingly when someone says "deep learning" while you quietly Google it under the table.
If you're ready to stop pretending the future is all flying cars and robot butlers - and actually face what happens when your work ID badge is the next relic in a museum - this is your book. No false hope. No corporate spin. Just an honest look at what happens when the robots clock in... and whether you're brave (or reckless) enough to clock into something better.
So what'll it be? Clock out forever - or get to work inventing the next job no robot can steal?
Clock's ticking.
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