The how technology will transform the work of human experts Susskind, Richard E. creator author. Susskind, Daniel author. text bibliography enk Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2015 First edition. monographic eng

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xiv, 346 pages illustration 24 cm This book predicts the decline of today's professions and describes the people and systems that will replace them. In an Internet society, according to Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind, we will neither need nor want doctors, teachers, accountants, architects, the clergy, consultants, lawyers, and many others, to work as they did in the 20th century. The Future of the Professions explains how 'increasingly capable systems' - from telepresence to artificial intelligence - will bring fundamental change in the way that the 'practical expertise' of specialists is made available in society. The authors challenge the 'grand bargain' - the arrangement that grants various monopolies to today's professionals. They argue that our current professions are antiquated, opaque and no longer affordable, and that the expertise of the best is enjoyed only by a few. In their place, they propose six new models for producing and distributing expertise in society. Part 1. Change The grand bargain -- From the vanguard -- Patterns across the professions -- Part 2. Theory Information and technology -- Production and distribution of knowledge -- Part 3. Implications Objections and anxieties -- After the professions -- Conclusion : what future should we want? Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind. Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-335) and index. Professional employees Effect of technological innovations on Technological innovations Social aspects HD8038.A1 S87 2015 9780198713395 0198713398 2015939043 BTCTA 160315 20160527193653.0 334087 eng