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The Last Worker

The Last Worker

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In this episode, we catch up with the creator of The Last Worker, a narrative-based and dystopian virtual reality game, exploring the struggles of an increasingly automated and consumption-driven world.



Time stamps

3:37 - Idea behind TLW

5:46 - Changes that informed TLW

8:27 - Automation taxonomy + why choose a game to explore automation?

15:41 - Objectives of the game

16:14 - Gamification

19:24 - Why do you want players to experience automation

24:13 - The workers behind TLW

26:41 - Hopes for TLW

29:03 - What can real-life workers do come Monday?

30:59 - Wrapping up and reflections



Episode links

The Last Worker

Jörg Tittel



Episode references

Ghost Work (Gray & Suri, 2019)

Work Without The Worker (Jones, 2021)

Four Futures of Work (RSA)


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