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The Glass Cage

In his new book The Glass Cage: Automation and Us, Nicholas Carr argues that we're rushing headlong into a world of more and more automation - everything from factory work, to piloting airplanes, to parts of medicine - and we're not paying attention to what we're losing in the process....

In his new book The Glass Cage: Automation and Us, Nicholas Carr argues that we're rushing headlong into a world of more and more automation - everything from factory work, to piloting airplanes, to parts of medicine - and we're not paying attention to what we're losing in the process.

Book giveaway

We have copies of The Glass Cage to give away! For your chance to win, leave a comment below (desktop site only) telling us: What you think humans can do, that automation would have a tough time doing. The contest closes at 5:00 pm Eastern on Thursday, October 09, 2014. CBC contest rules apply.