CONTENTS

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. INTRODUCTION: THE GREAT DISPLACEMENT
  7. PART ONE: WHAT’S HAPPENING TO JOBS
    1. 1. My Journey
    2. 2. How We Got Here
    3. 3. Who Is Normal in America
    4. 4. What We Do for a Living
    5. 5. Factory Workers and Truck Drivers
    6. 6. White-Collar Jobs Will Disappear, Too
    7. 7. On Humanity and Work
    8. 8. The Usual Objections
  8. PART TWO: WHAT’S HAPPENING TO US
    1. 9. Life in the Bubble
    2. 10. Mindsets of Scarcity and Abundance
    3. 11. Geography Is Destiny
    4. 12. Men, Women, and Children
    5. 13. The Permanent Shadow Class: What Displacement Looks Like
    6. 14. Video Games and the (Male) Meaning of Life
    7. 15. The Shape We’re in/Disintegration
  9. PART THREE: SOLUTIONS AND HUMAN CAPITALISM
    1. 16. The Freedom Dividend
    2. 17. Universal Basic Income in the Real World
    3. 18. Time as the New Money
    4. 19. Human Capitalism
    5. 20. The Strong State and the New Citizenship
    6. 21. Health Care in a World without Jobs
    7. 22. Building People
    8. CONCLUSION: MASTERS OR SERVANTS
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Notes
  12. Newsletters

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