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Spreadsheet
How a grid on a computer screen gives us a glimpse of the future of automated work.
A grid on a computer screen took the world of accountancy by storm in the early 1980s, making many accounting tasks effortless. But should we consider this 'robot accountant' more carefully? As Tim Harford explains, the digital spreadsheet is a 40-year-old example of what automation could do to all of our jobs.
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Sources
Steven Levy, 'A Spreadsheet Way of Knowledge', Harper's November 1984
Planet Money - 'Spreadsheets!'. Episode 606, February 2015
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