Name: The key to growth? Race with the machines
Uploaded: 2013-04-23T15:03:41Z
Duration: 11 min 42 s
Description: As machines take on more jobs, many find themselves out of work or with raises indefinitely postponed. Is this the end of growth? No, says Erik Brynjolfsson -- it’s simply the growing pains of a radically reorganized economy. A riveting case for why big innovations are ahead of us … if we think of computers as our teammates. Be sure to watch the opposing viewpoint from Robert Gordon.

As machines take on more jobs, many find themselves out of work or with raises indefinitely postponed. Is this the end of growth? No, says Erik Brynjolfsson -- it’s simply the growing pains of a radically reorganized economy. A riveting case for why big innovations are ahead of us … if we think of computers as our teammates. Be sure to watch the opposing viewpoint from Robert Gordon.

Erik Brynjolfsson: The key to growth? Race with the machines

The key to growth? Race with the machines

Erik Brynjolfsson illuminates how the fusion of humans and machines beats any competitor, reshaping our economic landscape.

In an era where technology races ahead, leaving many behind, our grand challenge is to innovate with, not against, the machine.

Highlighting a paradigm shift, the digital, exponential, and combinatorial nature of the new machine age promises unprecedented growth.