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The Glass Cage
by Nicholas Carr
What automation does to skill: pilots who cannot fly, doctors who cannot diagnose, the deskilling of experts. Carr's most important argument.
Read it if…
you worry what tools are doing to your competence.
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Skip it if…
you want automation's benefits.
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Three things you will actually use
- Automation erodes skill.
- Keep humans engaged.
- Design for the human, not the machine.
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Read the chapter on the pilots.
Our verdict
Carr on automation.
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