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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.The book raises important practical and moral questions. In an era when machines can out-perform human beings at most tasks, what are the prospects for employment, who should own and control online expertise, and what tasks should be reserved exclusively for people?Based on the authors' in-depth research of more than ten professions, and illustrated by numerous examples from each, this is the first book to assess and question the relevance of the professions in the 21st century.

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This book thoughtfully explores the future of professional work and the people who do it. The proclamations that certain professions are dead or dying because of the increasing prevalence of technology have been many and varied. But Richard Susskind, consultant and author, e.g., Tomorrow's Lawyers (2013) and The Future of Law (CH, Jun'97, 34-5916), and Daniel Susskind (economics, Balliol College, Univ. of Oxford, UK) do a good job uniting all the professions and the idea of professionalism under one banner, and they explore what technology has in store for the future of all of them. What the book does best is present the case that professionals should turn inward and examine the true value of their expertise. By defining the underlying assumptions that connect all professions and systematically deconstructing their worth to society at large, the authors craft an intriguing look at a future where professional work is more accessible to the masses and perhaps less valuable. Though it is too broad and unspecific at times, ultimately this book should be shared and discussed among students and all professionals in all different industries. Summing Up: Recommended. All library collections. --Alvin Dantes, Florida International University

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Professor Richard Susskind OBE is an author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms and national governments. He is President of the Society for Computers and Law, IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England, and Chair of the Advisory Board of the Oxford Internet Institute. His numerous books include the best-sellers, The End of Lawyers? (OUP, 2008) and Tomorrow's Lawyers (OUP, 2013), his work has been translatedinto more than 10 languages, and he has been invited to speak in over 40 countries.Daniel Susskind is a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, where he teaches and researches, and from where he has two degrees in economics. Previously, he worked for the British Government - in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, in the Policy Unit in 10 Downing Street, and as a Senior Policy Adviser at the Cabinet Office. He was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University.