{"product_id":"the-broken-staircase-javier-pardo-vidal-9798250469913","title":"The Broken Staircase: Artificial Intelligence, Work and the World to Come","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when AI doesn't just replace tasks-but entire professions?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn barely two years, artificial intelligence has gone from curiosity to revolution. But while the headlines debate whether machines will \"take our jobs,\" the real transformation runs much deeper: it's rewriting the rules of what it means to work, to learn, and to build a career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJavier Pardo Vidal-an engineer who spent 25 years building and managing technology teams-watched AI compress into months what used to take semesters. In \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Staircase\u003c\/i\u003e, he maps the collision between exponential technology and a labor market designed for a world that no longer exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom ghost GDP that grows without creating jobs, to the intelligence crisis reshaping white-collar work, to the exponential multiplier that lets one person do what once required a team-this book connects the dots that news headlines miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the voice of a dinner conversation between smart friends, and the cold counterpoint of Koko, his AI assistant, Pardo Vidal delivers a book that is neither utopian nor apocalyptic-but brutally honest about what's coming and what we can still do about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssential reading for anyone who works, hires, studies, or has children who will enter the job market in the next decade.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Javier Pardo Vidal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250469913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Javier Pardo Vidal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084136685823,"sku":"9798250469913","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-broken-staircase-javier-pardo-vidal-9798250469913","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}