How to make yourself more human in an automated world (with Kevin Roose)

How to Be a Better Human

TED

Personal Growth, Self-help, Self-improvement, Education, Chris Duffy, Better Human, Interviews, Emotional Awareness

4.1 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Humans can have a complex relationship with technology: tools like smartphones make our lives easier, but they can also be a source of anxiety or dependence. The internet can be an amazing place, or it can be a doom scrolling nightmare. And then there’s the always looming threat that our jobs–even the ones we thought only humans could do, like making art–could be lost to automation. Kevin Roose is a tech journalist who writes about the intersection of tech, business, and culture. In today’s episode, he talks about the shift of technology’s role in our lives and how we can set up boundaries with our devices to regain our autonomy. He also shares why he’s optimistic about the future, and his view on how futureproofing your job in an automated world has less to do with sharpening up our coding skills and more to do with leaning into our shared humanity. His new book, “Future Proof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation” is out now.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	You're listening to How to Bea Better Human.
0:11.0	I'm your host Chris Duffy, and today we're talking about the surprising ways that artificial intelligence
0:15.8	and automation will affect both the future of our jobs and our own behavior beyond the workplace.
0:27.1	Okay, hi this this is actually, Chris, this voice you're hearing right now, this is really me. The voice that you heard before that was computer generated based on audio of me from past episodes.
0:32.8	And the fact that it's even remotely possible
0:35.1	to create a computer-generated version of my voice
0:37.9	is terrifying, even if that voice sounded
0:40.2	like he was maybe not fully enthused
0:42.2	about doing this show and needed a cup of coffee.
0:44.8	But I am scared about that because I need this job.
0:47.4	I don't want to be replaced with a hosting robot.
0:50.0	And you know, that fear, that fear of automation coming for our jobs and changing the way that we work.
0:56.2	That is something that our guest today, Kevin Roos, knows very well.
1:00.5	Kevin is a columnist for the New York Times and the author of a recent book called Future
1:04.0	Nine Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation. So Kevin has written a ton about how
1:08.7	technology might impact our jobs in the way that we work in the future. And he's a guy who really understands my terror
1:14.5	when I heard that computer version of my voice. Because when it comes to worrying about
1:18.8	automation in your job, Kevin has been there himself. Here's a clip from his TED Talk.
1:23.0	I was in my mid-20s the first time I realized that I could be replaced by a robot.
1:28.0	At the time I was working as a financial reporter covering Wall Street in the stock market,
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