Atkinson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-1652 (2020) Working paper: From experts to (tall) story tellers---On the functional interchangeability of technology and institutions and the projected and emergent nature of employment and skills in a post Covid-19 future. Working Paper. Researchgate. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Facing a post Covid-19 future with unprecedented levels of uncertainty, this conceptual paper asks do we seek to design a better social system, or turn our backs on the challenge and opportunity it presents? It argues that our concern should properly be over what changes persistent advances in technological innovation cause to our contemporary societies, rather than the general matter of what our contemporary societies chose to do with such innovation. This is posited, conceptually, as a Heideggerian concern with the equipmentality of the technology we face, not its applications. It concerns the interpretation of the interchangeability of technology and institutions, their effect on shaping and controlling human associations and actions, and moving to design better social systems. The paper triangulates on two methods of scenario production to reflect on the conceptual meaning attached to the phenomena of employment and skills in a post-Covid-19 future of work, drawing on a Futures and Foresight Workshop held at York St John University in March 2020. It argues that there is some sense in considering Dator’s four archetypes of the future, specifically a conserver/disciplined society, as one potential strategic response.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Status:	Unpublished
DOI:	10.13140/RG.2.2.34057.67680
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
School/Department:	York Business School
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/6169

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