Brave New Work: Confronting the benefits — and costs — of the tech revolution

The work we do — and the way we do it — is changing rapidly, and while these changes hold much promise, there is no guarantee that they will be all for the good. On the one hand, advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and communications have the potential to improve our quality of life. On the other, as the Brookfield Institute reports, 42 per cent of the tasks Canadians are currently paid to do can be automated using existing technology, disrupting industries and displacing w