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Title: Humans Are Underrated

Subtitle: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will

Author: Geoff Colvin

Narrator: Geoff Colvin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-15

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 126 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Technology

Publisher's Summary:

From the best-selling author of Talent Is Overrated, an extensive look at the essential human skills that can never be replaced by technology.

In the economy of a few years from now, what will people do better than computers? Technology is rapidly invading fields that it once could not touch, driving cars better than humans do, predicting Supreme Court decisions better than legal experts, packing boxes, identifying faces, scurrying around hospitals delivering medications, all faster, more reliably, less expensively than people. In a world like that, how will we and our children achieve a rising standard of living?

The real issue is what we humans are hardwired to do for and with one another, arising from our deepest, most essentially human abilities - empathy, social sensitivity, storytelling, humor, forming relationships, creativity. These are how we create value that all people hunger for, that is unique and not easily quantified.

Individuals and companies are already discovering that these high-value abilities create tremendous competitive advantage - more devoted customers, stronger cultures, breakthrough ideas, more effective teams. They're discovering also that while many of us regard these abilities as innate traits - "he's a real people person", "she's naturally creative" - it turns out they can all be developed and are being developed in far-sighted organizations from software firms to the US Army to the Cleveland Clinic. To a far greater degree than most of us ever imagined, we already have what it takes.

Members Reviews:

Humans are underrated

Unexpectedly insightful and very much welcomed. I listened to the audio version of it while traveling on the road and think I may listen to it again.

Very positive in the end

Scares you about what computers are doing to is, and then picks us up. Nicely done. Lots of great examples.

Great big idea book

So insightful. This is the type of thing you need to wrap your head around in order to feel supremely confident in your future if you have a big chunk of your career ahead of you. Really fun to read and very applicable.