This article originally appeared in YES! Magazine and was then picked up this morning by AlterNet where it is now featured on the homepage.
It’s about addressing the threat of technological unemployment (the large-scale loss of jobs to automation) by expanding who ‘owns the robots’ — i.e. who owns the companies that are doing the automating. The focus is on a novel approach called “platform cooperatives,” which is what would happen were Uber or Airbnb to be owned by its users.
When Robots Take Our Jobs, Platform Cooperatives Are a Solution By:@gideonro https://t.co/Y22MeEMZUM pic.twitter.com/TWCLTl5XVj
— YES! Magazine (@yesmagazine) April 20, 2018
See: When Robots Take Our Jobs, Platform Cooperatives Are a Solution https://t.co/O7w6CraZ53 via @yesmagazine
— Ralph Nader (@RalphNader) April 22, 2018
When Robots Take Our Jobs, Platform Cooperatives Are a Solution https://t.co/f5Bi5s7bqU via @yesmagazine
— Trebor Scholz (@TreborS) April 21, 2018