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Episode 626: This Is The End

Published May 22, 2015 at 8:31 PM EDT

Smart people have worried for years that machines would take jobs. In the past, they were wrong. Lots of jobs disappeared, but new ones were created.

Today on the show, we ask the experts whether this time is different. And if it is, what do we do about it?

For more:

#621: When Luddites Attack

#622: Humans vs. Robots

#623: The Machine Comes To Town

#624: I, Waiter

#625: The Last Job

Music: Mary Jane Cope's "From Darkness, Light: I. Prelude," Future Sauce's "Gymnopedie No. 1 (Erik Satie)," Mary Jane Cope's "From Darkness, Light: II. Fugue," and Tame Impala's "Eventually." Find us: Twitter/ Facebook/ Spotify/ Tumblr.