Tagged: automation
32 articles
The New General Ludd
The Luddites were right about the pain and wrong about the arithmetic — and their heirs are everywhere Book 3 · 6 min
From Elevator Operators to AI Managers: A Century of Building Work
The Hidden Workforce That Keeps Skyscrapers Alive — and How It's Changing Magazine · 7 min
Live Where You Work: The Conversion Revolution
Inside the $50 Billion Race to Turn Empty Offices Into Apartments Book 1 · 6 min
Look Back 100 Years: Jobs That Didn't Exist in 2025
A Century of Invention Created Careers Nobody Saw Coming Book 1
Present and Future Schools
From Chalkboards to AI Tutors: How Education Is Racing to Keep Up Book 1
Rise of the Machines: Robots Reshaping Labor
From Factory Floors to Front Desks, Automation Is Quietly Taking Over Book 1
The Future of Work
How Automation, AI, and Shifting Demographics Are Redefining What It Means to Earn a Living Book 1
Fast Casual Restaurants: The Sweet Spot in American Dining
How the fast casual model redefined quality, convenience, and consumer choice Magazine · 25 min
Future Smart: What a 10-Year-Old Will Know in 2045
Exploring the forces reshaping our landscapes and infrastructure Magazine · 12 min
Robot Arms: How Automation Is Changing Assembly Lines
Exploring the forces reshaping our landscapes and infrastructure Magazine · 1 min
Building the Future: Robotics in Construction and Fabrication
Exploring the forces reshaping our landscapes and infrastructure Magazine · 21 min
The Factory Town Reborn: Small Cities and the Manufacturing Comeback
Exploring the forces reshaping our landscapes and infrastructure Magazine · 26 min
The Robot on the Line: AI and Automation in Modern Manufacturing
Exploring the forces reshaping our landscapes and infrastructure Magazine · 15 min
Made Here Again: The Reshoring of American Manufacturing
Exploring the forces reshaping our landscapes and infrastructure Magazine · 24 min
Mind the Gap: Differences Between Boomers, Gen X, and Gen Y
Exploring the forces reshaping our landscapes and infrastructure Magazine · 15 min
Teamsters vs. Tech: Organizing in the Age of Automation
Exploring the forces reshaping our landscapes and infrastructure Magazine · 1 min
Steel and Silicon: How Automation Is Reshaping Global Shipping
Exploring the forces reshaping our landscapes and infrastructure Magazine · 2 min
Concrete Giants: The Fulfillment Economy and the New Logistics Landscape
Inside the rise of warehouses as economic engines—and the people and policies reshaping them. Magazine · 4 min
Electric Tractors and the New Green Machine
The diesel engine meets its match. Magazine · 9 min
Vision AI in the Warehouse
Computer vision is becoming the warehouse supervisor. Magazine · 5 min
Scheduled by Algorithm: The Math of Retail Work
Shift planning software is shaping lives. Magazine · 37 min
Kitchen Bots and the Restaurant of the Future
Cooking joins the automation age. Magazine · 2 min
Your Résumé, Read by a Machine
AI-driven hiring is reshaping who gets in—and who gets filtered out. Magazine · 1 min
The Everyday Robot: Automation You Can't Ignore
From hospitals to fulfillment centers, robotics are now infrastructure. Magazine · 1 min
Disconnected: Class in the Age of Code
As tech advances, entire communities risk being left behind—not just offline, but off the map. Magazine · 1 min
Frozen Ladders: Why Tech Is Breaking the Promise of Upward Mobility
For many, automation is not a tool—it's a trap. Magazine · 1 min
The Post-Work Landscape: Redefining Employment in the Automation Era
When full-time jobs disappear, what comes next? Magazine · 1 min
More Than Machines: How Robots Are Rewriting Everyday Life
Robots are no longer a luxury or a threat—they’re coworkers, roommates, and voters. Magazine · 4 min
Caught in the Upgrade: How Gen X and Y Are Navigating the Tech Tsunami
The first internet natives now face burnout, reinvention, and the AI age. Magazine · 13 min
2040: Living Inside the Future
Homes that know you, commutes that vanish, and work that never quite ends. Magazine · 19 min
When AI Writes the Report: Knowledge Work in the Age of Automation
From law firms to newsrooms, artificial intelligence is transforming intellectual labor. Magazine · 5 min
Farm Bots and Fields of Code: The Rise of Robotics in American Agriculture
From strawberries to soybeans, a new class of machines is reshaping how we grow. Magazine · 27 min