2015 Schedule
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The Great Work Disconnect

Sunday, March 15
5:30PM - 5:45PM

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom C
Austin Convention Center

A surgeon can operate thousands of miles away from their patient. A drone pilot can find criminals from an air-conditioned office. Work that relies on touch and feel or visual acuity—the sort of things that are tactile and trigger the parts of the brain to react to what you touch, see and smell all at once—is becoming detached from the physical. What does that mean, psychologically, for the people who do these jobs?

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Presenters

Jennifer Merritt

Editor, BBC Capital

BBC.com

Jennifer Merritt is founding editor of BBC Capital, a BBC Worldwide site focused on careers, management, leadership, risk and ethics, personal finance, wealth and other personal business topics. Be...

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Type
Future15
Theme
Work and Career
Level
Intermediate

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