] Richard Samson, author of the forthcoming book called
] “The Human Edge”, is convinced we are teetering on the
] precipice of an employment revolution for only the
] second time in modern history. According to Samson,
] where the industrial revolution provided the means to
] automate hard manual labour, the electronics revolution
] is threatening to replace human brain-power.

The author of this piece in Electronics News combines Samson's assertions with those of several other thinkers to consider a scenario for "an apocalyptic future" where humans become "cyborgs in an automated world." The article is not very compelling but Samson's book might be interesting.

Rise of the machines