
In a world where AI threatens jobs, "The Human Edge" reveals why curiosity and creativity are your career superpowers. Winner of the 2020 Business Book Award, Greg Orme's guide asks: What skills make us irreplaceable in the digital economy?
저자의 목소리로 책을 느껴보세요
지식을 흥미롭고 예시가 풍부한 인사이트로 전환
핵심 아이디어를 빠르게 캡처하여 신속하게 학습
재미있고 매력적인 방식으로 책을 즐기세요
A bank teller named Amelia never sleeps, never complains, and serves millions of customers simultaneously without asking for a paycheck. She's not superhuman - she's not human at all. Amelia is a virtual assistant at Sweden's SEB bank, representing the quiet revolution already reshaping our workplaces. Yet here's the paradox: as artificial intelligence grows more powerful, the skills that make us distinctly human become more valuable, not less. We stand at a crossroads where our uniquely messy, emotional, creative capabilities - the very things we've been taught to suppress in professional settings - may be exactly what saves us from obsolescence. Artificial intelligence isn't coming - it's already here, just unevenly distributed. We're at the smartphone-in-2006 moment of AI adoption: only 5% of companies use it extensively, yet 85% recognize it as a competitive necessity. Studies predict somewhere between 14% and 47% of jobs could vanish within fifteen years. Telemarketers face a 99% automation probability. Data-entry workers and librarians aren't far behind. But here's what's more insidious than outright job loss: most knowledge workers won't see their positions eliminated entirely, but rather experience what might be called "cheese slicing" - AI gradually carving away the routine parts of their work until there's barely anything left. This creates what we might call the Great Divide - not between humans and machines, but between two types of humans. On one side stand the future-fit: purpose-driven, focused, endlessly curious, creative, and genuinely collaborative. On the other side, the future-unfit: disengaged, perpetually distracted, rigidly inflexible, and unable to work effectively with others. The difference isn't about intelligence or education - it's about cultivating capabilities that machines fundamentally cannot replicate. Consider Moravec's Paradox, which reveals a stunning truth: where AI is naturally strong, humans are weak, and vice versa. Machines excel at chess, medical diagnosis from scans, and complex mathematical calculations - tasks requiring pure logic and pattern recognition. Meanwhile, a toddler can do things that baffle the most sophisticated AI: recognize a parent's mood from subtle facial cues, understand why a friend might be upset, or navigate a crowded playground without collision. As AI floods the valleys of rote cognitive skills, humans must head for the snow-capped peaks of emotional intelligence, creativity, and social sophistication.
The Human Edge의 핵심 아이디어를 이해하기 쉬운 포인트로 분해하여 혁신적인 팀이 어떻게 창조하고, 협력하고, 성장하는지 이해합니다.
The Human Edge을 빠른 기억 단서로 압축하여 솔직함, 팀워크, 창의적 회복력의 핵심 원칙을 강조합니다.

생생한 스토리텔링을 통해 The Human Edge을 경험하고, 혁신 교훈을 기억에 남고 적용할 수 있는 순간으로 바꿉니다.
무엇이든 물어보고, 목소리를 선택하고, 진정으로 공감되는 인사이트를 함께 만들어보세요.

샌프란시스코에서 컬럼비아 대학교 동문들이 만들었습니다
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
샌프란시스코에서 컬럼비아 대학교 동문들이 만들었습니다

The Human Edge 요약을 무료 PDF 또는 EPUB으로 받으세요. 인쇄하거나 오프라인에서 언제든 읽을 수 있습니다.