The Age Of Em by Rick Hanson
Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth
A rigorous thought experiment envisions a future dominated by brain emulations—digital copies of human minds—detailing how their rapid replication, long work hours, and vast labor supply could reshape economies, cities, social hierarchies, family structures, and culture. Drawing on economics and social science, it outlines likely institutions, governance, and norms in a fast-paced, competitive world where virtual lives, status races, and specialized work prevail, while biological humans become marginal. The analysis focuses on mapping plausible consequences and trade-offs rather than promoting or condemning the scenario.
- Published
- 2016
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 360–380 pages
- Original Language
- English
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