The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work Illustrated Edition

I am a professional futurist with degrees in economics and business. I've also designed R&D and commercial software products and worked as a business strategist for startups and global consulting firms. IMO, this is not only an entertaining read, but it's tightly aligned with my experiences and research. Seldom do I agree so strongly with an author's views about where technology is taking us, and what it means. I recommend this book for anyone interested in the future of work.

I tried very hard, but simply could not trust the information in this book. It contains obvious political bias from the author that stretch his credibility all but too thin. If it weren't for this, it might have been an informative read.

Great book, very insightful and inspiring. We can all benefit from digital technologies if we understand latest trends and skills needed for us to thrive in the digital economy.

Excellent book. Our society and the global society are rapidly changing the way we work and the needs to live above the poverty line.

Great read about Globotics!

Nice insight and description of the various technology disruptions and subsequent industrial revolutions.AI is still in an embryonic stage with noticeable developments as from 2016; yet a highlighted table still shows that it will take 50 more years till robots replce humans; I would be 100 by then !

Excelente enfoque sobre la robotizacion, el trabajo a distancia y sus implicancias.Extrapola el fenómeno a efectos sociales. Muy buen análisis.

This book made me think hard about how we embrace change, especially that which will decimate the jobs that we hold dear.

This books was so unbelievably frustrating to read for two reasons:Firstly the quality of Baldwin’s English is so bad, it made me question his credentials. Points are made inarticulately (e.g. “Since the “head workers” were already better off than the “hand workers,”[sic] a technology which favored brains over brawn favored the few were already favored, while disfavoring the many who weren’t”. (WHAT!?)He also tries to sound profound with statements like “...or was 2016 another turning point in history that failed to turn”.Secondly his arguments are oversimplified, careless, and just lazy, bordering on being non-sequiturs. His analysis of the the Trump and Brexit votes are hugely over-simplified, in a nutshell saying that it was down to uneducated people disaffected by technological changes and inadequate government policy in smoothing out disruption to labour markets; totally ignoring structural issues with the EU (e.g. single currency issues and the lack of monetary policy sovereignty of member states), and its anti competitive policies.He then jumps from this poorly worded spiel to the conclusion: ‘Technology did it!’ WTF? You wouldn’t get away with this at degree level!The one useful thing this book does is present cases of technological disruption in the workplace.

Mind boggling and 21 century life changing book. As well as learning some history this 15 hour experience has opened my eyes to what's next and how one should prepare.

Richard Baldwin versteht eindringlich die zwei wichtigsten Dinge der Digitalisierung herauszuarbeiten. Erstens warum historische Vergleiche hinken. Zweitens enthüllt er das Wesen der Digitalisierung mit ihrer exponentiellen Steigerung. In dem Zusammenhang macht er auch deutlich warum bisherige Geschäftsmodelle sich nicht adaptieren lassen. Ich kann das Buch nur jedem empfehlen der unter Digitalisierung mehr verstehen will als die Cloud.

Me gusta mucho el enfoque del libro y la vista que pone desde el pasado hacia el futuro. Muchas cosas de sentido común. Recomiendo mucho leerlo

The book was all good but I bought it brand new and yet it arrived with the spine quite seriously damaged on one side. I was able to fix the issue myself with strong glu but I am by no means satisfied by the service. Since then, I've had the same issue on another book and it's just too bad.