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How the technology monster can be tamed to make our lives better with Benjamin Pring

Check out the book here   https://amzn.to/3fbByKt

Interview Timeline

Ben Pring is the head of thought leadership at Cognizant and co-founded and leads Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work. Ben is on the advisory board of the Labor and Work Life program at Harvard Law School. He recently co-wote a new book on dealing with the changes technology is bringing. We spoke about the book and the future of society and work. { Monster: A Tough Love Letter On Taming the Machines that Rule our Jobs, Lives, and Future (Wiley, 2021)

0:39 – Ben talks about why he studies the future and co-wrote this book.

2:22 – Ben talks about the audience for the book.

4:13 – Ben talks about recommendations to deal with issues with technology.

6:23 – Ben talks about the wild and anonymous elements of the internet.

9:02 – Ben talks about a controlled internet versus a wild one. He also discusses automation in relation to more cerebral work.

15:28 – Ben talks about how medical and scientific tasks may be automated and how to deal with that.

17:48 – Ben talks about new jobs that will be created by new technology.

20:55 – Ben talks about Universal Basic Income.

23:17 – Ben talks about digital winners versus digital laggards.

25:20 – Ben talks the Digital 7 idea.

27:14 – Ben talks about legal systems and the digital world.

29:18 – Ben talks about the geography of digital infrastructure.

32:14 – Ben talks about space exploration.

35:04 – Ben talks about barriers of entry in the digital world and in the space world.

37:12 – Ben talks the spread of wealth over the digital economy.

40:18 – Ben talks about education.

42:00 – Ben talks about their specific recommendations.

43:32 – Ben talks about fixes for the system.

46:58 – Ben talks about Star Trek and science fiction motivating him.

49:38 – Ben talks about the entertainment industry and its approach to the future.

52:29 – Ben talks about pessimism and optimism about the future.

54:14 – Ben talks about digital pessimism in China and India.

55:44 – Ben talks about Indonesia in the digital economy. He also discusses national security and digital issues.

1:00:24 – Ben talks about digital leadership.

1:01:16 – Ben talks about quantum computing.

1:04:15 – Ben talks about our ability to understand the technological power we’ll have.

1:07:15 – They’re website is www.cognizant.com/future-of-work

Links of interest

Check out the book here   https://amzn.to/3fbByKt

https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Monster%3A+A+Tough+Love+Letter+On+Taming+the+Machines+that+Rule+our+Jobs%2C+Lives%2C+and+Future-p-9781119785910

https://www.cognizant.com/future-of-work

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Guests: Benjamin Pring

Host: Cris Alvarez

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Check out the book here   https://amzn.to/3fbByKt

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