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Ghost Work : How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
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- ISBN
- 9781328566249
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
1328566242
ISBN-13
9781328566249
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28038851258
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Ghost Work : How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
Publication Year
2019
Subject
Automation, Social Aspects, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Computer Science, Economics / General, Labor
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
14.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-042557
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed , a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web--and that foreshadows the true future of work. Hidden beneath the surface of the web, lost in our wrong-headed debates about AI, a new menace is looming. Anthropologist Mary L. Gray and computer scientist Siddharth Suri team up to unveil how services delivered by companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber can only function smoothly thanks to the judgment and experience of a vast, invisible human labor force. These people doing "ghost work" make the internet seem smart. They perform high-tech piecework: flagging X-rated content, proofreading, designing engine parts, and much more. An estimated 8 percent of Americans have worked at least once in this "ghost economy," and that number is growing. They usually earn less than legal minimums for traditional work, they have no health benefits, and they can be fired at any time for any reason, or none. There are no labor laws to govern this kind of work, and these latter-day assembly lines draw in--and all too often overwork and underpay--a surprisingly diverse range of workers: harried young mothers, professionals forced into early retirement, recent grads who can't get a toehold on the traditional employment ladder, and minorities shut out of the jobs they want. Gray and Suri also show how ghost workers, employers, and society at large can ensure that this new kind of work creates opportunity--rather than misery--for those who do it., In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed , a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web--and that foreshadows the true future of work.
LC Classification Number
HD6331.G826 2019
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