John K. Davis I’ve written a philosophy book about life extension, but this blog essay isn’t drawn from my book, nor is it philosophical in content. This is a political and policy piece. However, if you’re interested, my book is titled New Methuselahs: The Ethics of Life Extension. It was published by MIT Press in
John K Davis I’ve written a philosophy book about life extension, but this blog essay isn’t drawn from my book, nor is it philosophical in content. This is a political and policy piece. However, if you’re interested, my book is titled New Methuselahs: The Ethics of Life Extension. It was published by MIT Press in
There is a rising tide of anxiety and fear that AI and automation in are about to usher in an era of prolonged high unemployment. We are also in the early stages of a public conversation about how to support everyone who becomes displaced by automation. Some of these proposals come from Silicon Valley CEOs, some from
Let’s imagine a near future in which automation produces intractable unemployment on a massive scale—say, 25% of the potential workforce. Imagine further that this goes on for a long time, that the usual unemployment benefits are merely temporary, and that we have a social crisis on our hands. We will need to provide everyone who is displaced
