{"product_id":"the-human-relief-project-when-the-world-stops-working-paperback","title":"The Human Relief Project: When The World Stops Working - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMax Malterer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat would you miss in a world without work?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2038, the Human Relief Project is using AI to eradicate labor, freeing people from jobs, one relief facility at a time. Bert, after years of struggle, finally believes he's found purpose as a Conductor at the Project. But every profession he helps relieve creates new fractures: a new partner who keeps pressing him with hard questions, a mother unmoored after her own relief, and friends and family split over what progress should look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile Alex, the Project's new leader, faces fierce opposition as she pushes toward a workless future most can't yet imagine. With Hive, the Project's central AI, she removes one obstacle after another - stubborn politicians, greedy governments, a wary public - believing a world without work is worth the painful discomfort of change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs global relief nears completion, events on the world stage and in Bert's childhood home converge, pulling Alex and Bert into a shared crisis that forces a reckoning with purpose, dignity, and what we owe one another when work is no longer the measure of a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in a plausible near future shaped by AI, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Human Relief Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a tense, human story about identity, meaning, and the costs - and promise - of progress. It ultimately asks: If work ends, what remains of us? And who gets to decide?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou'll enjoy this if you like near-future realism and big ethical questions with heart - for readers of Doctorow's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalkaway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Ishiguro's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and Eggers' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 418\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48199771750621,"sku":"9798339559221","price":27.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/sIkMLtj3GU9798339559221.webp?v=1784414759","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-human-relief-project-when-the-world-stops-working-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}