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by Barry Jones

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Barry Jones

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Oxford University Press (April 18, 1996)

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Barry Jones was Australian Minister for Science 1983-90 and Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Science and Technology 1989-90

Barry Jones was Australian Minister for Science 1983-90 and Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Science and Technology 1989-90. A Labor Member of the House of Representatives from 1977, he held other portfolios including Technology, Consumer Affairs, Small Business and Customs. He is currently National President of the Australian Labor Party.

Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work is a book written by Barry Jones, originally published in 1982 and reprinted many times.

One of the several failed attempts to understand and forecast the socio-economic impacts of technological change, somewhat on the lines of Alvin Toffler's 'Future Shock'. The author, an Australian.

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Recently I have been reading Barry Jones’ Sleepers Wake - Technology and the future of work, written in 1982 it foresees a post service work environment, technology will have saved us from much toi. Recently I have been reading Barry Jones’ Sleepers Wake - Technology and the future of work, written in 1982 it foresees a post service work environment, technology will have saved us from much toil and we will need a guaranteed income for all (similar to my Flat Payment) to provide for all those who are not employed with the means to survive and participate.

Sleepers, Wake! : Technology and the Future of Work. Jones explores the impact and future implications of the Information technology revolution on the labour market and society in general. The very fact that this book has endured the test of time provides a good indication as to the strength of Jones's analysis. An immensely stimulating and thought provoking read.

Australia--like Europe and the United States--is passing through a post-industrial revolution. Manufacturing continues to decline. Increasingly, we live in an information-based economy. Sleepers, Wake!, an enduring bestseller first published in 1982 and now available in a revised and updated fourth edition, confronts the challenges posed by science and technology and by Australia's changing economic position. Barry Jones, the former Australian Minister for Science and current National President of the Australian Labor Party, draws on the latest data to alert readers to the need to confront key issues associated with post-industrial and information revolutions. He examines the contraction of the manufacturing industry and the rise of service employment, especially in information services. Sleepers, Wake! assesses the dilemmas and outlines a political programme to ensure that society profits from the technological revolution. This new edition of Sleepers, Wake! includes the 1991 Commonwealth census returns--striking confirmation of Barry Jones's thesis about revolutionary changes in the labor force. Sleepers, Wake! remains a landmark book, offering controversial analysis and ideas on issues shaping our lives: threats to human capacity, changing perceptions of work, relationships and society.

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This book discusses the links between technological change and employment levels in developed countries, with an emphasis on Australia. Barry Jones introduces a five-part economic analysis to assist analysis of employment levels, as well as a good analysis of historical impacts of technology. The book also delves into the question of what we will do when the need to work declines as technology displaces more workers. Written in a very erudite style, with thorough referencing. A book everyone should read if they are at all concerned about having to work for a living. Now available in a 4th edition, which you should look at for the latest data.

Update, November, 2015. Seventeen years after the above review, much has changed. The book was published just before the Internet burst onto the scene, which changed a lot of things, but the fundamental premises of Jones' investigation and analysis are still sound.
One things that is important is the fact that we are now 17 years further into the 'Post-Industrial Revolution.' Like the first Industrial Revolution, there is much angst and turmoil, and changes moves through society at large. Paraphrasing Marx, when people change their mode of production, they change every other aspect of society. We have seen what happened in the first Industrial Revolution, of which Marx was a chronicler and analyst, and we are going through a similar process now, as the Industrial Age, and its associated economy and society, passes on. We don't know what is next, which is what helps drive the angst. So many of our social institutions that were fine 50 years ago are now dysfunctional, not because they have changed so much, but that the world is changing around them. Our political system, our economic system, and our educational system are dysfunctional because they were developed for an Industrial Age and Industrial Society that is rapidly disappearing.
Unfortunately, Barry Jones is now too old and ill to update this book. An intelligent and principled man, this work needs to be incorporated into our understanding of these changing times. His legacy is, in some part, what is contained in this book.
In the first Industrial Revolution and the Industrial Age that followed, we were seriously influenced by the work of Adam Smith, Karl Marx and Robert Malthus. Capitalism, communism, socialism and the like dominated political thought. The Industrial Age created the nuclear family, something that was rare and not economically sustainable before industrialization. With the end of the Industrial Age, the nuclear family is in decline, along with many of the -isms. The questions we need to address are: who will be the Adam Smith or Karl Marx of this 'revolution,' and what will be the outcome of their thoughts on the situation? We can only hope for an enlightened solution, together with a healthy dose of skepticism, based on the history of the Industrial Revolution and Age.

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Book reviews usually focus on the contents of the book. In this case, I think knowing more about the author is more helpful. Barry Jones is a latter-day Benjamin Franklin, with a better memory. Barry Jones has an amazing brain for remembering facts. In the early 60's, he became the greatest quizmaster in the world, starting by making a name for himself on Bob Dyer's Pick-a-box, and then taking on international competition. His knowledge base is global. Back then, quizzes were good radio (and television), and Barry has corrected the Encyclopedia Brittanica twice in competition, giving both the Britannica answer and the better scientific explanation. These powers of memory are combined with one of the most acute and clear-thinking minds in the world, which is why he is regarded in Australia as a national treasure. His conclusions are not always popular, and when he first published Sleepers, Wake! in 1982, they upset many people, particularly politicians who knew very little of technology and change. Which is how he finished up in politics, playing an important role. If you like books written by thinking and gentle men who have been elevated to high office on pure talent and good will, and are interested in the economic future of the industrial world, then this book is an enlightenment. And no, I don't agree with all his conclusions, but his analysis is beyond reproach!

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