{"product_id":"157052","title":"The extinction of certain verbs ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/WQt5m5WWoRzvrBQLD2vwzr.png?v=1764856324\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e The extinction of certain verbs \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e A word from MD\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Detailing on disappearing jobs\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 『Born as Meat』, a new book by Seungtae Han. \u003cbr\u003eIt details jobs and workplaces that are likely to disappear due to technological advancements.\u003cbr\u003e The targets are job placement agencies, call centers, parcel loading and unloading, buffet restaurants, and building cleaning.\u003cbr\u003e The fact that the difficult and painful work environment doesn't feel entirely sad is thanks to author Han Seung-tae's writing skills.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eJune 25, 2024.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eSocial and Political PD Son Min-gyu\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn the wild of human society\u003cbr\u003e Some Endangered Professions: The Story of Verbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Author Han Seung-tae, who received public attention with his first book, 『Queening』 (revised edition of 'The Human Condition') and won the 59th Korea Publishing Culture Award (Liberal Arts Category) for his second book, 『Born as Meat』, has published a new work, 『The Extinction of a Certain Verb』, which documents the 'landscape of disappearing professions'.\u003cbr\u003e Among the jobs that have been pointed out in various reports as 'jobs that will soon be replaced (disappear) due to technological advancements', I wanted to capture the appearance of four jobs that are highly likely to be the last. \u003cbr\u003eThe four occupations that the author recorded after seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and feeling are 'call center counseling, parcel loading and unloading, buffet restaurant kitchen, and building cleaning.'\u003cbr\u003e If we were to express them as 'verbs' in relation to the book titles, they would be 'call, transport, cook, and clean' respectively.\u003cbr\u003e The author has experienced these occupations and has captured the inside and outside of the landscape, as well as the people moving within it, in detail.\u003cbr\u003e We do not even glorify these 'job-verbs'.\u003cbr\u003e However, the author simply tells the story of the dark and heavy landscape in his own unique style that is humorous, cheerful, and yet bittersweet.\u003cbr\u003e It doesn't make you invisible because it's dark, nor does it make you feel heavy and crushed.\u003cbr\u003e He reveals what may be the last of these 'profession-verbs' with a mixture of satire and wit, empty jokes and metaphors, leaving our hearts pounding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We are all either participants or observers in that landscape. \u003cbr\u003eEither way, we are neighbors living in the same era.\u003cbr\u003e In the sense that we don't know what will happen even an inch ahead, perhaps we are all involved.\u003cbr\u003e So, at the crossroads of the inevitable changes of the times, there may be an expression that we cannot help but make.\u003cbr\u003e Perhaps you will find that expression in your own reflection in the mirror as you read this book.\u003cbr\u003e 'Did Lee Sedol really lose to AlphaGo, or did he win?' I believe this question is still valid.\u003cbr\u003e Even if the era of 'Terminator' and 'Matrix' arrives, no one can be sure what the answer to that question will be or what the ending will mean.\u003cbr\u003e However, in these times when even the verb \"read\" is in jeopardy, I recommend this book to readers who find it difficult to answer that question.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Getting Started: Introducing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 1: Answering the Phone\u003cbr\u003e Part 2: Transport \u003cbr\u003ePart 3: Cooking\u003cbr\u003e Part 4: Cleaning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In conclusion: write\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eDocumenting the \"pain, desire, color, smell, and taste\" of disappearing professions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With technological advancements, especially AI technology, the world is changing faster than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e Of course, all progress comes at a price.\u003cbr\u003e Thanks to the Industrial Revolution, human productivity increased, but at the same time, people were forced out onto the streets as their jobs were taken away by textile machines.\u003cbr\u003e We still remember the machine-breaking (Luddite) movement of workers driven to desperate realities in the early 19th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Author Han Seung-tae navigates the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution in his own way.\u003cbr\u003e He selected four occupations that were predicted to disappear in the near future from reports published domestically and internationally, and left behind a 'memoir' of those occupations. \u003cbr\u003eAs a writer, he has been judged to be replaced by AI in his own profession in the near future. He wants to “capture the appearance of Korean people today through the camera of ‘human labor,’ which is predicted to be discontinued on a large scale.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book lists the replacement probability for each occupation in the introduction to each section.\u003cbr\u003e This is an indicator that shows why the author chose his or her four occupations (call center counseling, parcel loading and unloading, buffet restaurant kitchen, and building cleaning), and it is also a figure that provides a glimpse into the future of each occupation as predicted by various organizations and universities.\u003cbr\u003e In the text, the replacement probability is indicated in the parts that mention other occupations to make reading more enjoyable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is said that certain jobs are being replaced or that certain human labor is disappearing, so it is only natural for me, as a writer living in this era, to record that landscape.\u003cbr\u003e As he says, “losing a job doesn’t just mean losing a means of livelihood.” \u003cbr\u003eThis is because that profession, that is, “a specific type of human being who grows and matures through labor, is also disappearing.”\u003cbr\u003e Therefore, this book is both a 'memoir of disappearing professions' and a 'respect' the author pays to the human species belonging to those professions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnswering the phone, carrying, cooking, cleaning—and introducing, writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Answer the phone - call center operator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author takes readers into the landscape of your profession.\u003cbr\u003e The first job that 'welcomes' us is a call center counselor.\u003cbr\u003e According to reports published by leading organizations, the probability of replacement for this occupation is as high as 0.97 to 0.99 (the closer it is to 1, the higher the probability of replacement).\u003cbr\u003e The author reveals in the introduction of the book how terrible this job is.\u003cbr\u003e The call center was even likened to a creature called a 'gwi', which appears on the cover of this book and looks like it could bite and swallow anything. \u003cbr\u003eAs befitting a profession that is considered the 'ultimate' of emotional labor, call center counselors are subjected to absurd verbal abuse from customers and inhumane treatment in the workplace.\u003cbr\u003e These workers, who have no authority and are simply forced to accept customer complaints, may have been created for the purpose of “dealing with customers’ emotions,” as one customer put it.\u003cbr\u003e That's why the author thought, \"It would be better if these jobs just disappeared.\"\u003cbr\u003e But around the time I finished the book, a bank decided to lay off about 200 of its advisors when it introduced AI advisors.\u003cbr\u003e And people were shouting in the sub-zero streets, demanding their jobs back.\u003cbr\u003e Between jobs that would soon disappear and jobs that would be better off disappearing, their labor soon became a verb that would stop moving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTransport - Loading and unloading at a courier logistics center\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The writer, wearing old clothes buried deep in the closet, guides us to the second verb. \u003cbr\u003eThis is the so-called 'loading and unloading' work at the logistics center.\u003cbr\u003e This is true, it's harder than you think.\u003cbr\u003e No wonder the author said, “I tried and I persevered, but it’s not something I can do.”\u003cbr\u003e Anyway, the replacement probability for this job is 0.99.\u003cbr\u003e If you think back to articles about logistics automation that you've occasionally come across over the years, it's not surprising that the probability of replacement is high.\u003cbr\u003e In what the author calls “highly inclusive jobs” with a low threshold for “employment,” he worked alongside a man who had failed as a clothing seller in China, a former day laborer, and a 20-something manager covered in tattoos.\u003cbr\u003e In that place where one must sacrifice one's life to make money, the writer experiences the 'greatest mystery'.\u003cbr\u003e It is not a scene of despair, but perhaps a scene of hope. \u003cbr\u003e“None of the workers were depressed.” This gave the workers a definite sense that their lives were moving forward.\u003cbr\u003e Because they have to overcome the enormous logistics mountain right in front of them, the workers there can focus solely on the present.\u003cbr\u003e After exhausting myself from working all night like that, when I left the logistics center, the sunlight literally shone down on my entire body.\u003cbr\u003e The world looks different.\u003cbr\u003e “I was just looking at the rising sun…\u003cbr\u003e What should I say about that, ah… what should I say… .\u003cbr\u003e “I can live…” What will the extinction of this job-verb mean?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCooking - Buffet Restaurant Kitchen\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is a profession that has been mentioned in several reports as having a replacement probability ranging from 0.96 to as high as 1.\u003cbr\u003e The author leads us to the third location, the buffet restaurant kitchen. \u003cbr\u003eBecause the nature of the job particularly demands experienced workers, the writer, who has no kitchen experience, barely manages to find a job.\u003cbr\u003e However, the writer, who knows nothing about cooking, barely manages to do his part after going through many twists and turns.\u003cbr\u003e It's a buffet restaurant that serves dishes cooked according to quantified recipes, but is there anything easy in the world?\u003cbr\u003e The problem is the power struggle between the divided departments and between the kitchen and hall staff.\u003cbr\u003e Administrators also play a role here.\u003cbr\u003e “The kitchen is a space that causes emotional disturbance.\u003cbr\u003e “The curve of satisfaction and anger jumps like the stock market, and this symptom becomes more evident as you rise in the ranks.” However, there are people who endure in such places.\u003cbr\u003e The reasons may vary from person to person, but there are people who barely make ends meet by mixing rice with gochujang in a stainless steel bowl to fill the gaps in the kitchen when there are not enough people.\u003cbr\u003e What does the verb 'to cook' mean to him?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClean - Building Cleaning\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cleaning has a replacement probability of just 1.\u003cbr\u003e In percentage terms, it means 100 percent.\u003cbr\u003e According to projections from several reports, cleaning work will definitely be replaced.\u003cbr\u003e In fact, the predictions of experts, including the institutions and universities that wrote these reports, cannot be said to be 100% certain. To borrow the author's expression, \"Whether they are investment experts from Yeouido or sociologists from Cambridge University, they are essentially 'traveler peddlers.'\"\u003cbr\u003e Anyway, the author guides us into the world of cleaning, a profession that will surely disappear (or be replaced) in the near future.\u003cbr\u003e The writer works for a company that cleans high-rise buildings.\u003cbr\u003e Interestingly, the writer, who is neither young nor old, is considered 'young' there.\u003cbr\u003e In fact, if you look around, you will see that most of the cleaning workers in any building are over 60 years old.\u003cbr\u003e Unintentionally, the writer is stronger and faster than his 'colleagues'. \u003cbr\u003eBut man “cannot withstand the wind and rain as much as the buildings he has built with his own hands.”\u003cbr\u003e Cleaning, at least, constantly awakens a “sense of accomplishment.”\u003cbr\u003e After finishing cleaning, a sense of satisfaction surges through my body.\u003cbr\u003e It is so simple, yet so “unambiguous” that no one questions the value of cleaning.\u003cbr\u003e However, as someone in the text said, “being young is a superpower.”\u003cbr\u003e Thanks to technological advancements, there are already countless cleaning machines in the world.\u003cbr\u003e But if machines were introduced to take their place, would the world become a better place? Instead of losing the sense of touch that labor once awakened?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduce, write - employment agency, writer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In addition to the occupation chosen by the author, the verb 'to introduce' is 'introduced' in 'Starting with'.\u003cbr\u003e This is the story of the ‘job placement agency’. \u003cbr\u003eJob placement agencies, which have now largely disappeared from our area, once connected countless jobs and workers across the country.\u003cbr\u003e Author Han Seung-tae also received numerous job offers through job placement agencies.\u003cbr\u003e I put that recent, desolate scene at the beginning of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 〈In conclusion〉, the story of the ‘writer’, which is implied by the verb ‘to write’, was ‘recorded’.\u003cbr\u003e Although this book is a reportage, “In Closing,” like Han Seung-tae’s previous works, is a combination of nonfiction and the author’s imagination.\u003cbr\u003e It is a novel with a kind of reportage nature.\u003cbr\u003e This is an interesting section that provides a glimpse into the author's personal history and literary imagination.\u003cbr\u003e It is more interesting when read together with the 'epilogue' parts of the previous work. \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e GOODS SPECIFICS \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDate of issue:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePage count, weight, size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 404 pages | 148*210*30mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788959408450\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 895940845X \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43889638965290,"sku":"157052","price":31.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/2750\/5962\/files\/0f97399bf9a667cbbd2837f29b76a508.jpg?v=1765262388","url":"https:\/\/librairie.coreenne.fr\/en\/products\/157052","provider":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}