Care, Tech, Culture, Inequality. See The Last Human Job re the 'scaling up' of humane work @PrincetonUPress. @JohnsHopkins sociologist @AllisonPugh.bsky.social
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We're in the NYTimes today! I'm so grateful to Jessica Grose for her piece on #TheLastHumanJob, spreading the word about the stratification of human contact!
Human Interaction Is Now a Luxury Good nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opini…
Thinking about connection in South Korea: "Connecting people may be humanity’s last job. Volunteering has quietly carried out that work longer and more widely than almost any other civic practice."
#TheLastHumanJob
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After #TheLastHumanJob was translated in Taiwan this year, a grad student in the Netherlands made a video about it, and...it went viral? Thank you to that student!
(Audio is in English, for those who don't read Chinese...)
youtu.be/8J0FZ3HxEJ8
An inspired full throated defense of writing as a human activity, made poorer when we invite AI to the party. Fantastic
Model Behavior: George Saunders on.substack.com/p/model-beha…
Honored to give the Irving Bluestone Lecture on Workplace Issues at Wayne State University. Human connective labor is worth preserving, and we'll need to get organized to do it. Thanks to Labor@Wayne for the invite, and the engaged audience!
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This week at IPK: Mona Sloane discusses her new book, Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life, with @allison_pugh and @cmcilwain.
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💡 The intersection of AI integration and global mental health reveals a growing challenge: systemic loneliness in an increasingly hyper-connected digital age.
On the Harvesting Happiness Podcast, host Lisa Cypers Kamen and Johns Hopkins researcher Dr. @allison_pugh evaluate how mechanical substitutes fail to deliver authentic emotional intimacy, emphasizing the vital role human interdependence plays in psychological resilience. 🧬
Access the full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/0i5…
#MentalHealth #BehavioralPsychology #DigitalWellness #HumanConnection #HarvestingHappiness
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“They are all about trying to control labor costs and impose efficiency on these humane, human-centred interpersonal service jobs.” @allison_pugh on @HHTalkRadio
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@allison_pugh wrote a book about it called The Last Human Jobs. I think it makes an excellent case for what jobs might still be relevant
Even if it is "just a tool" (It's not just a tool), AI allows bad actors to ruin things. (Criminals can hit you over the head with a hammer).
Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI 404media.co/company-offering…
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Systemic isolation undermines workforce well-being and economic productivity. On Harvesting Happiness, host Lisa Cypers Kamen and guest Dr. @allison_pugh explore how relying on digital tools over physical social networks deepens the global loneliness epidemic. 💡
Review the evidence for why human connectivity must remain the cornerstone of public health and labor design. 🧪
Listen to the episode: open.spotify.com/episode/0i5…
#PublicHealth #SocialScience #PsychologicalSafety #WellbeingAtWork #LisaCypersKamen
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🧠The rapid integration of artificial intelligence across industries forces a critical reevaluation of workplace automation. On this episode of the Harvesting Happiness Podcast, host Lisa Cypers Kamen interviews Johns Hopkins University sociology professor Dr. @allison_pugh
Stream the podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/0i5…
#FutureOfWork #Sociology #BehavioralScience #ArtificialIntelligence #HarvestingHappiness
Everyone's talking about did they steal Apple secrets, but the news is OpenAI's 1st product is an AI companion for home, sold as "a computer built for AI to help make busy people more productive," but these are automated friends & we'll see a social cost
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Business start-ups up 35% in 18 months? Could be a positive outcome from GenAI, which definitely makes that easier...
Projected Business Formations Within Four Quarters: Professional Services in the United States fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B…
Wow! "Most organizations have a connective labor deficit...Pugh’s research was never only about physicians and chaplains. It was about what it costs, to both parties, when someone is seen versus processed. AI will not save your culture."
fastcompany.com/91557933/the…
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With last week's announcement that Zophia Edwards' "Fueling Development" won the @ASAnews Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, I believe @JHUArtsSciences Sociology is the first department to have 4 winners of the award on faculty at the same time (Edwards, Pugh, Prasad, Silver).
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 ASA Awards, the highest honors the association confers. bit.ly/ASA26Awards
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With last week's announcement that Zophia Edwards' "Fueling Development" won the @ASAnews Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, I believe @JHUArtsSciences Sociology is also the first department to have back to back winners of the award (Edwards, @allison_pugh ).
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 ASA Awards, the highest honors the association confers. bit.ly/ASA26Awards
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Thank you so much for a great night of Science & Cocktails. A big thank you to Prof. of Sociology Allison Pugh, @allison_pugh, for sharing your knowledge with us.
See you all in August for our next event. scienceandcocktails.org/en/e… #science #cph #nightout #information #fakenews
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Worried about AI taken your job? Join us tonight at Den Grå Hal when Prof. of Sociology Allison Pugh @allison_pugh will share her knowledge on the matter with us. There will be cocktails in the bar.
Tickets: billetto.dk/en/e/science-and… #sociology #event #AI #science #cph #nightout
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On June 9, before the talk with the brilliant Allison Pugh,
@allison_pugh, Prof. of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University, @JohnsHopkins, KALAHA will give a concert. See you for a lot of fun! Tickets:billetto.dk/en/e/science-and… #sociology #event #AI #science #fun #nightout
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What is the last human job left in the era of AI?
We'll discuss it with Allison Pugh @allison_pugh, Prof. of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University,
@JohnsHopkins, on June 9th. Get your tickets here: billetto.dk/en/e/science-and… #sociology #event #AI #science #fun #nightout
