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Julia Kirby

Senior Editor, Harvard University Press. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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She is the co-author of Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines and Standing on the Sun. Across her career with Harvard University Press and Harvard Business Review, she has focused on organizational strategy, leadership, and the impact of automation on knowledge work.

What they said4 Shows1

Everything Julia Kirby said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Opinion

Kirby: Linking basic income to automation is unnecessary and damaging

“So I would say, first of all, it's kind of an unnecessary link and it's sort of a damaging way of thinking about things.”

Julia Kirby Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:30 a16z Podcast | Automation, Jobs, & the Future of Work (and Income)

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Kirby: Workplace computers eliminate specific tasks, not entire jobs

“When computers move into a workplace, they never take anybody's entire job, that what they do is they take away certain tasks”

Julia Kirby Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:22 a16z Podcast | Automation, Jobs, & the Future of Work (and Income)

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Kirby: Smart machines will encroach upon every knowledge work job

“So the reality is that every knowledge work job is going to see this encroachment of smart machines into the workplace.”

Julia Kirby Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:57 a16z Podcast | Automation, Jobs, & the Future of Work (and Income)

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Kirby: Focusing on newly discovered niche domains insulates workers from automation

“For instance, in scientific inquiry, you know, you're always looking for the thing that hasn't yet been discovered, and you're kind of going into narrower and narrower and narrower niches, and that is a very viable strategy for human work, because only after t…”

Julia Kirby Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:41 a16z Podcast | Automation, Jobs, & the Future of Work (and Income)

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Julia's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Senior Editor, Harvard University Press	1	4	—	full record on the a16z Podcast →