Blue Collar Think Tank

Blue collar workers never had a think tank, until now! The purpose of this site is to be a clearing house of ideas to help workers respond to their greatest workplace challenges --

“Apropos of discussing” Review of Woody Allen’s Apropos of Nothing. ‘We are sentenced to solitary confinement in our own skins, for life”- -Tennessee Williams Scot

Over the counter culture-what I learned from a conference on psychedelics Scott Dennis April 2020 In April of 2020 a group called Microdose by the Conscious Fund along with

The Time Crucible, Perception of risk in the age of Corona Virus Scott Dennis 10 April 2020 Why do we pay our rent or mortgage at the beginning of the month? How long will i

How do we make America great when we don't make anything? The Role of intangible capital in our economy. by Scott Dennis Recently Microsoft founder Bill Gates reviewed a

The Future of Work|| Robots, AI, and Automation Author Darrell M. West A Review by Scott Dennis If you have never considered the impact of automation on the workplace, t

Budgeting for Fraud-A China Hustle Review- Scott Dennis April 2018 “Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.” V. Bonta The documentary China Hustle

The Robots Are Coming To The Workplace. What you need to know. John Hawthorne guest contributor In the history of business and manufacturing, automation has become commonp

How to get a billion people to work for you for free-Technology and private property. Scott Dennis March 13, 2018 We have all heard the axiom that “knowledge is power�

By Scott Dennis The McKinsey Global Institute has published a sweeping overview of the looming effects of technology on the global workforce. The 160 page report is a well-r

Robots don’t pay taxes -Scott Dennis May 15, 2017 "Winning an election is a good-news, bad news kind of thing. Okay, now you’re the Mayor. The bad news is that you’re

http://conexus.cberdata.org/files/MfgReality.pdf Extremely informative brief by Dr. Michael J. Hicks and Dr. Srikant Devaraj

Will blockchain be a net loss for jobs? By Scott Dennis March 4, 2017 It is early days in the world of block chain technology, so why worry about its effect on jobs? If y

Workers Identity in a robotic world By Scott Dennis Jan 18, 2017    “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo pa

December 12, 2016 Source: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) An important report on how humans can interact with computers naturally. https://www.sciencedaily.com/rel

What Saved Hostess And Twinkies: Automation And Firing 95% Of The Union Workforce by Tim Worstall http://tinyurl.com/zer3c4p  

How Technology Is Destroying Jobs Automation is reducing the need for people in many jobs. Are we facing a future of stagnant income and worsening inequality? by David Rot

The End of Labor: How to Protect Workers From the Rise of Robots NOAH SMITH Jan 14, 2013  http://tinyurl.com/as39p62  

Is Sushi Chef a Blue Collar Job? Jiro’s Nightmare By Scott Dennis 12/6/2016 “Good Cooking Favors the Prepared Hand” – Jacques Pepin In Jiro’s dream there is

The power of funding a cause By Scott Dennis November 3, 2016   The private sector has been good to many of us, even in uncertain times most have managed to place

Humanity 2.0 "Let the Robot be the couch potato: Keep Your Job & Expand Your Knowledge" “We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology but we hav

Neal Ungerleider 10.22.14 Fast Company For the full story click here http://tinyurl.com/zb3n857

By Scott Dennis September 13, 2016 “Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if th

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Steve Malanga & Brian Anderson discuss the impact that the great recession has had on labor unions. For the podcast click to the City Journal Site: http://www.city

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Robots at my door Scott Dennis-New York 8/22/2016 “The factory of the future will have two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog

Yes Robots will steal our jobs, and that fine. Those jobs will be replaced by new ones. Michael Jones-Washington Post   To read the full article http://tinyurl.co

Thompson & Terkel in Conversation This is taken from the Studs Terkel archive http://tinyurl.com/hadaepz

The Impact of the Global Economy on Cities by Michael Cohen Senior Advisor-The World Bank http://tinyurl.com/zp6cc2w  

How Global Elites Forsake Their Countrymen Those in power see people at the bottom as aliens whose bizarre emotions they must try to manage. Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal Augu