Will robots be able to provide people with material abundance, plenty of free time, quality medicine and education, or will they turn our planet into a world of inequality and mass unemployment? Is it true that diligence and talent will no longer be the key to achievement in life? Successful software developer and IT entrepreneur Martin Ford does not pretend to have all the answers, but he argues and convincingly shows why modern technologies can be much more disruptive to the market labor than the innovations of the past. The author's goal is not to frighten the reader, but to draw attention to these difficult topics. This fascinating and insightful book is worth reading for anyone who wants to understand how the development of new technologies affects economic prospects, our children and society as a whole.