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24 alternatives to The Age of Em

Work, love and life when robots rule the Earth

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Age of Em launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Life 3.0▲92

   Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Rise of the Robots▲67

   Technology and the threat of a jobless future

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Metaskills▲61

   Five Talents for the Robotic Age

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Rise of the Robots▲12

   Technology and the threat of a jobless future

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56

   How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Age of Spiritual Machines▲57

   AI and achieving the singularity

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Technotopia▲96

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

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Humans Need Not Apply▲108

   Wealth & work in the age of artificial intelligence

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Inevitable▲87

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

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11SA
    Space Age Hand Tools in the Maker Age▲66

    2019 · justinmiller.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Workers▲65

    Archaeology of the Industrial Age

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Industries of the Future▲60

    Exploring the tech and economic trends of next 10 years

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Quest▲62

    Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future▲67

    Young readers' edition

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Documentary - What Should We Teach Our Kids?▲69

    Robots gobbling up ever more human jobs

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Sovereign Individual▲77

    Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ▲61

    An optimistic road map for the future

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Utopia Experiment▲103

    An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Powering the Future▲88

    How we will fuel the civilization of tomorrow

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    jasper▲96

    The Future of writing

    2022 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Inevitable▲66

    The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

    2016 · its alternatives →

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