What the World Economic Forum Got Wrong about the Future of Jobs
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Photo by Dominik Scythe[ TL;DR ]By 2022, WEF estimates #technology will create 133 million jobs and eliminate 75 million, for a net gain of 58 millionPollyannaism can leave us unprepared for long-term, structural changes to the workforceThe relentless progress of #automation can destroy the jobs it creates nextReskilling large numbers of workers in time may be impractical or impossibleThe World Economic Forum released its annual Future of Jobs Report, outlining important trends poised to disrupt the global economy over the next five years. The biggest takeaway: by 2022, new technologies and automation will create 133 million jobs and eliminate 75 million, for a net gain of 58 million.What’s driving growth? Ubiquitous high-speed mobile internet, artificial intelligence, widespread adoption of (...)