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title: Automating America [The Digital Life Podcast]
description: In this episode of The Digital Life, we discuss the automation, innovation, and the economics of the American middle class.
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# Automating America \[The Digital Life Podcast\]

16.Jul.15  
 by [Jon Follett](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/jon-follett)

**Episode Summary**

In this episode of The Digital Life podcast, we chat about about digital automation, innovation, and its effects on the economics of the American middle class.

Is the growing contractor economy, as typified by Uber, another signal that the middle class is in real trouble? As a part of her campaign rhetoric, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential frontrunner, is making some hay of the topic. But the concern is very much a real one. The need for meaningful work is an essential one for humanity, and one that increasingly is falling prey to technological change.

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