Martin Ford is a futurist, author, and keynote speaker. He is the New York Times bestselling author of "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future," which won the 2015 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and has been translated into more than 20 languages. He also authored "The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future.