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In The Second Machine Age MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee—two thinkers at the forefront of their field—reveal the forces driving the reinvention of our lives and our economy. As the full impact of digital technologies is felt, we will realize immense bounty in the form of dazzling personal technology, advanced infrastructure, and near-boundless access to the cultural items that enrich our lives. Amid this bounty will also be wrenching change. Recent economic indicators reflect this shift: fewer people are working, and wages are falling even as productivity and profits soar.

We are in the midst of an attention crisis - caused in large part by our smartphones. There's a constant stream of information that we are powerless to withstand because it shows up in our notifications. More and more of us are finding it harder and harder to concentrate. The good news, attention expert Stefan Van der Stigchel reports, is that we now know more about brain and behavior than ever before, and he draws on the latest scientific findings in his account of concentration.

Der Podcast "New Work Times" – Deine Quelle für die Zukunft der Arbeit lädt ein, die Transformation der Arbeitswelt neu zu denken. Inspiriert vom gleichnamigen Online-Magazin und unterstützt von fundierter Forschung, beleuchtet dieser Podcast Trends, Zahlen und echte Erfahrungsberichte aus der Welt von Hybrid Work, Leadership und innovativer Arbeitsorganisation. In jeder Episode nehmen wir dich mit auf eine Reise durch die Welt von New Work: Was bedeutet dieser Wandel wirklich? Welche Tools und Mindsets sind erforderlich, um nicht nur mitzuhalten, sondern aktiv die Zukunft der Arbeit zu ...

Why would someone who cares so deeply about ecological change want to stop talking about it now? At Work in the Ruins is the book that grew out of Dougald’s attempt to answer that question. He delves deeply into what he discovered during the globally shared isolating Covid moment, why the virus and the measures taken against it drove so many of us to despair, and how we can re-find our bearings if the pandemic is not the big event that changes everything but simply one in a chain of emergencies that are bringing about the end of the world as we knew it.