Daniel Susskind Books
Daniel Susskind is a British economist and academic. He is a Fellow in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford University, and has worked for the British government.
Known for: A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond, The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
Books by Daniel Susskind
A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
In this book, Daniel Susskind explores how automation and artificial intelligence are transforming the nature of work and employment. He examines the economic and social consequences of a future where...
The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
This book explores how technology, particularly artificial intelligence and automation, is transforming the traditional professions such as law, medicine, education, and accounting. The authors argue ...
Key Insights from Daniel Susskind
Historical Context
To understand the extraordinary transformation taking place today, we must first step back into history. The fear that machines will replace human labor is not new—it has echoed through centuries of technological progress. From the Luddites who smashed textile machines in nineteenth-century Britain ...
From A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
The Nature of Technological Progress
The key distinction between earlier technologies and today’s automation lies in what computers can actually do. For centuries, machines automated tasks we could precisely describe. A loom followed a pattern; a factory robot obeyed instructions. But such machines could not handle ambiguity—they did n...
From A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
Historical Context: The Rise of the Professions
To understand where we are heading, we must remember how we arrived here. The professions emerged as society’s mechanism for managing specialized knowledge. Long before the internet or globalized education, information was scarce, and expertise resided in the minds of a few. Professions developed to...
From The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
Technological Drivers: The Digital Transformation of Expertise
The real catalyst of change is not discontent with professionals but the relentless evolution of technology. Richard Susskind’s earlier work on the future of law foreshadowed this: systems that once only supported professionals now start to replace them in specific tasks. The book identifies several...
From The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
About Daniel Susskind
Daniel Susskind is a British economist and academic. He is a Fellow in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford University, and has worked for the British government. His research focuses on technology, work, and inequality.
Frequently Asked Questions
Daniel Susskind is a British economist and academic. He is a Fellow in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford University, and has worked for the British government.
Read Daniel Susskind's books in 15 minutes
Get AI-powered summaries with key insights from 2 books by Daniel Susskind.