An interactive discussion using Luddism as a lens.
Today’s workforce is increasingly disengaged (Gallup) and dissatisfied with pay (NY Fed). While navigating unprecedented technological disruption, optimism about the job market is also falling sharply (Gallup). Tech industry veterans Lauren Mecca and Erica Favorito turn to the Venture Café community for lively discussion and debate about what might reverse these trends - using the historic workers’ rights movement Luddism as a lens.
"Luddite" gets used as a punchline in tech-forward circles, but Luddites weren't anti-machine; they were skilled workers fighting for a say in how new technology impacted their lives.
We’ll open with a brief framing exercise that puts this fight back in context: we’ll map three historical Luddite demands to three live AI-era equivalents. Then facilitate an open conversation about what worker bargaining power looks like now, when the technology at hand is not the power loom, but a hyper-intelligent machine capable of taking autonomous action.
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An interactive discussion using Luddism as a lens.
Today’s workforce is increasingly disengaged (Gallup) and dissatisfied with pay (NY Fed). While navigating unprecedented technological disruption, optimism about the job market is also falling sharply (Gallup). Tech industry veterans Lauren Mecca and Erica Favorito turn to the Venture Café community for lively discussion and debate about what might reverse these trends - using the historic workers’ rights movement Luddism as a lens.
"Luddite" gets used as a punchline in tech-forward circles, but Luddites weren't anti-machine; they were skilled workers fighting for a say in how new technology impacted their lives.
We’ll open with a brief framing exercise that puts this fight back in context: we’ll map three historical Luddite demands to three live AI-era equivalents. Then facilitate an open conversation about what worker bargaining power looks like now, when the technology at hand is not the power loom, but a hyper-intelligent machine capable of taking autonomous action.
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