About

I’m Dick Hogue and an actuarial consultant. When I’m not working I spend much of my time hiking in and around Los Angeles with my wife, Maggie, and our two dogs, Ruffie and Roxie. My other favorite pastime is reading. Recently, I came across a 2013 Oxford University study that concluded that a large segment of US jobs will be lost to the computer over the next couple of decades. The study so impressed me that I was motivated to start a blog on the subject. Below is my interview with  Sheena Alexandra where I talk about the future of jobs and what motivated me to start this blog. Sheena, by the way, also happens to be my daughter.

Acknowledgments

I want to thank the two authors of the study on which this blog is based, Carl Benedikt Frey, Oxford Martin Citi Fellow & Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technology and Employment and Michael A. Osborne, Dyson Associate Professor in Machine Learning, Engineering Science Co-Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Technology and Employment Faculty Member, Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance, Official Fellow, Exeter College, University of Oxford. I also want to thank James Dale Davidson who authored The Breaking Point, the book whose extensive list of references included an online link to the study.

I also want to thank by daughter, Sheena Alexandra, for her encouraging me to get with the 21st century and create this blog.

Fellow Toastmaster, Lance Miller, was also most supportive in my getting started on this project.