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Analysis: Automation Will Create More Jobs, But Most Will Be Shit

by Matthew Cole

The much-prophesied “jobs apocalypse” of the fourth industrial revolution will likely never materialise. Yet that isn't to say new technologies aren't degrading work, warns Matthew Cole.

Analysis: ‘Fuck the Algorithm’: How A-Level Students Have Shown the Future of Protest

by James Meadway

Aside from their much deserved success in forcing the government to ditch algorithmically-moderated A-level grades, protesting students have signalled an increasingly salient area of politicisation. James Meadway takes a closer look at the use and abuse of data within our systems of governance.

Long Snake Moan: How Capitalism’s Productivity Failure Is Driving Debt and Speculation

by James Meadway

New research suggests the digital economy isn't providing many solutions to capitalism's productivity crisis. Increasingly, large companies are turning to subscriptions and data for profit, hoarding what they can along the way.

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