{"product_id":"automation-is-a-myth-luke-munn-9781503631427","title":"Automation Is a Myth","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor some, automation will usher in a labor-free utopia; for others, it signals a disastrous age-to-come. Yet whether seen as dream or nightmare, automation, argues Munn, is ultimately a fable that rests on a set of triple fictions. There is the myth of \u003ci\u003efull autonomy\u003c\/i\u003e, claiming that machines will take over production and supplant humans. But far from being self-acting, technical solutions are piecemeal; their support and maintenance reveals the immense human labor behind \"autonomous\" processes. There is the myth of \u003ci\u003euniversal automation\u003c\/i\u003e, with technologies framed as a desituated force sweeping the globe. But this fiction ignores the social, cultural, and geographical forces that shape technologies at a local level. And, there is the myth of \u003ci\u003eautomating everyone\u003c\/i\u003e, the generic figure of \"the human\" at the heart of automation claims. But labor is socially stratified and so automation's fallout will be highly uneven, falling heavier on some (immigrants, people of color, women) than others. Munn moves from machine minders in China to warehouse pickers in the United States to explore the ways that new technologies do (and don't) reconfigure labor. Combining this rich array of human stories with insights from media and cultural studies, Munn points to a more nuanced, localized, and racialized understanding of the \"future of work.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luke Munn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503631427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503631427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.40h x 8.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022","brand":"Luke Munn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988599832831,"sku":"9781503631427","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46cecbe1-4c4c-46ed-87ba-f908ea3e683f.jpg?v=1683295331","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/automation-is-a-myth-luke-munn-9781503631427","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}