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24 alternatives to Rise of the Robots

Technology and the threat of a jobless future

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rise of the Robots launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Rise of the Robots▲12

   Technology and the threat of a jobless future

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Industries of the Future▲60

   Exploring the tech and economic trends of next 10 years

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56

   How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in the Digital Vortex▲67

   How technology is shaping the future of human labor

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ▲61

   An optimistic road map for the future

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Age of Optimists▲60

   Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Inevitable▲87

   The 12 tech forces that will shape our future by Kevin Kelly

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Robot Overlordz - 224: Conscientious Futures▲66

   Self-publishing, corporate sovereignty, and the future of AI

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Race Against The Machine▲66

   How the digital revolution is accelerating innovation!

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Humans Need Not Apply▲108

    Wealth & work in the age of artificial intelligence

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67

    Information technology will transform capitalism

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Rise of the Machines▲61

    A Cybernetic History 1st Edition

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Technotopia▲96

    A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Competing for the Future▲54

    The art of planning for the future

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies▲71

    What happens when machines surpass humans in intelligence?

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream▲66

    How to predict the future of technology.

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Metaskills▲61

    Five Talents for the Robotic Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Age of Em▲61

    Work, love and life when robots rule the Earth

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    World Without Mind▲7

    The Existential Threat of Big Tech

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Inevitable▲66

    The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Real World of Technology ▲62

    The complex relationship between technology and society

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars▲65

    An urban transformation is underway

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Zero-Sum Society▲61

    Distribution and the possibilities for economic change

    2016 · its alternatives →

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