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The Robots are Coming, your Job is at Risk

By Martin Khor
Last year Uber started testing driver-less cars, with humans inside to make corrections in case something goes wrong. If the tests go well, Uber will presumably replace their present army of drivers with fleets of the new cars.

Oceans, Tuberculosis and Killer Robots – the UN’s Diverse Agenda in 2017

By Lyndal Rowlands
UN member states hope to reach agreement on a diverse range of global issues in 2017, from managing the world’s oceans to banning killer robots to stopping tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

The Lesson from Davos: No Connection to Reality

By Roberto Savio
The rich and the powerful, who meet every year at the World Economic Forum (WEF), were in a gloomy mood this time. Not only because the day they met close to eight trillion dollars has been wiped off global equity markets by a "correction". But because no leader could be in a buoyant mood.


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