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You are being automated. Artificial intelligence is moving from research labs into our daily lives, influencing everything from the media we consume to our beliefs and relationships. While the debate over job loss due to automation continues, a more pressing question arises: How can we find happiness and success in a world increasingly shaped by machines? In "Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation," New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose presents a hopeful vision for thriving alongside AI. He reveals insights from individuals and organizations that have navigated past technological shifts, outlining essential skills to stay ahead of intelligent machines. Key lessons include being surprising, social, and scarce; resisting machine drift; leaving handprints; demoting devices; and treating AI like a chimp army. Roose challenges the notion that success in the AI era requires us to become more machine-like—hyper-efficient and data-driven. Instead, he advocates for embracing our humanity and engaging in creative, inspiring, and meaningful activities that even the most advanced robots cannot replicate.

Becoming a young Wall Street banker is like pledging the world's most lucrative and soul-crushing fraternity. Every year, thousands of eager college graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money-- as well as how to dress, talk, date, drink, and schmooze like real financiers. YOUNG MONEY is the inside story of this well-guarded world. Kevin Roose, New York magazine business writer and author of the critically acclaimed The Unlikely Disciple, spent more than three years shadowing eight entry-level workers at Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and other leading investment firms. Roose chronicled their triumphs and disappointments, their million-dollar trades and runaway Excel spreadsheets, and got an unprecedented (and unauthorized) glimpse of the financial world's initiation process. Roose's young bankers are exposed to the exhausting workloads, huge bonuses, and recreational drugs that have always characterized Wall Street life. But they experience something new, too: an industry forever changed by the massive financial collapse of 2008. And as they get their Wall Street educations, they face hard questions about morality, prestige, and the value of their work. YOUNG MONEY is more than an exposé of excess; it's the story of how the financial crisis changed a generation-and remade Wall Street from the bottom up.

As a sophomore at Brown University, Kevin Roose, raised in a secular home by liberal parents, had little exposure to the Religious Right. His life changed when he encountered students from Liberty University, a conservative Baptist institution in Virginia. Instead of dismissing them, Roose boldly decided to immerse himself in their world. Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, is a 10,000-student conservative Christian training ground where students, known as "Champions for Christ," engage in classes like Introduction to Youth Ministry and Evangelism 101. They pray before classes and adhere to a strict code of conduct prohibiting drinking, smoking, and R-rated movies. With an open mind and a reporter's notebook, Roose explores life at this "Bible Boot Camp" to connect with his evangelical peers. His semester includes attending church and choir practice at Rev. Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church, visiting a support group for recovering masturbation addicts, and participating in a spring break mission trip to convert bar-hopping co-eds. Throughout his journey, Roose grapples with his own faith and conducts the last in-depth interview of Rev. Falwell's life. This hilarious and heartwarming account offers a respectful, thought-provoking perspective on the culture war, inspiring both believers and non-believers.