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Need help answering the following social science reading reflection questions using Greenfield, 2017 - Chapter 7 "Automation: The annihilation of work" | Reading can be viewed at copy url:

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•Citation: Author, title, and publication details

•Nutshell Statement: One-sentence summary of the main point or argument

•Key Concepts: Three principal terms / ideas the author invented or employed, and explain them

•Secondary Ideas: List as many as five one-phrase summaries of supporting evidence or concepts

•Critical Questions: List at least one important question you would like to discuss

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1. Author : John Maynard Keynes

Title : The Annihilation of Work

Publication details : The article was published in the date : 07/02/2017.

Radical Technologies 07-02-2017.indd

2. John Maynard Keynes is a british economist. His primary/main point of discussion is 'technological unemployment'. He is well known for his economic therories and defining the causes of prolonged unemployment.

3. a) Technological unemployment: In this type of unemployment , where the presence of human labour is reduced and replaced by technological tools.

b)Automation : Using of machineries .It is the period of , the usage of heavy , high , sophisticated type of machines . eg : Boilers , ovens ,stabilization of ships etc.

c) Ambient factory : This is a place in factory where personal decisions are made. Personal decisons like - sleep cycles of a worker , nutritional patterns,habits of exercise become subject to matters such as monitoring and something to intervene on .

4. a) Bull shit jobs

b) Basic income

c) Social Dividend

d) Rush hour

e) Buddy punching

5. How can the work life be balanced by not eliminating the man workforce completely?

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