We Are Not Machines

Perceptive and captivating

Will Dunn, New Statesman

Moving, powerful and refreshing... We Are Not Machines isn’t against technology per se... what animates the book is a question more concerned with humanity than technology

Christopher Webb, Spectator

Sarah is one of the few people who really understands how AI is changing the character of work already and what it means for all of us

David Runciman, Past Present Future Podcast

Enjoyable... O’Connor uncovers stark differences in the way technology is affecting people’s working lives, depending on their bargaining power over the way it is introduced... Importantly, O’Connor also reviews the growing evidence that we may be reading, thinking and understanding less as we lean on technological shortcuts – potentially changing the very nature of human intelligence

Heather Stewart, Guardian

Truly predicting how this technology will manifest in our lives is an impossible task, but O'Connor offers fascinating insights into the many ways in which it can affect workers...This book is a plea that as technological change occurs, we hold on to what makes us human

Frieda Klotz, Irish Independent

Excellent and wide-ranging

Tom Knowles, New Scientist

Tactful... a curious and stimulating investigation... O’Connor implores that she still holds the belief that technology can help make the world better, but it won’t just happen naturally. The future that so many of us want and desire can happen, but “not without a fight”

Neve Blue, Buzz Magazine

An engrossing read that reframes the ongoing debate about technological change away from binary lists of winners and losers, and towards a discussion of power, politics and humanity. It is well-rooted in economic history yet brisk, taking in the development of factory management since the Industrial Revolution... At the heart of this book is an exploration of how humans not only make tools, but are shaped by them

Yuan Yang, The House Magazine

A fierce, wise, beautiful book

Tim Harford