The Last Job on Earth: Imagining a Fully Automated World

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Machines could take 50% of our jobs in the next 30 years, according to scientists. While we can’t predict the future, we can imagine a world without work – one where those who own the tech get rich from it and everyone else ekes out a living, propped up by an increasingly fragile state. Meet Alice, holder of the last recognisable job on Earth, trying to make sense of her role in an automated world.

You can read Paul Mason's accompanying article calling for a universal basic income, the slashing of working hours and a redefinition of ourselves without work here.

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