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Comment author: [deleted] 05 February 2013 07:21:18PM *  4 points [-]

I feel like I have been reading a fairly large amount of news that can be summed up as "Technology is replacing employment."

For instance, this piece came out today:

http://marketdailynews.com/2013/02/05/rise-of-the-droids-will-robots-eventually-steal-all-of-our-jobs/

And this person compiled a huge list of links about the topic that had come out recently:

http://theleisuresociety.tumblr.com/post/39057729530/the-tech-debate-blasts-off-a-linkfest

I don't mind just discussing the topic in general (Although I don't know if I even have an clear opinion, I still feel underread), but I also want to assess which of these articles are worth reading and which aren't so I can learn more about the topic.

For Instance, I remember reading Lights in the Tunnel when it came out:

http://www.thelightsinthetunnel.com/

And I remember looking back on it more recently and realizing that some of it was already outdated. This field seems to move very fast, and I want a good source of up to date news about it in general. Right now I just have a section for "Robots" in Google News, and I'm wondering if I can do better than that.