To summarize, for a long time I have been very optimistic about technological innovations and about the future in general. I’ve often even described myself as a tech enthusiast and optimist. While that’s still largely true, I’ve come to share similar worries that Kevin Roose described in his book. Making the societal and political changes needed for enabling us to live good lives in the future will be a monumental challenge. One that I sincerely hope we will succeed in solving, but knowing how incredibly irrational humans occasionally can be, it’s not at all certain that we’ll be able to rise up to the challenge.
Read MoreTeaching our kids how to lead and how to solve interesting problems
I think the key questions are the following: Do we have a clear understanding of what kind of skills (i.e. metaskills) we should teach our kids, so that they can thrive and succeed in a future where automation and robotization are ubiquitous? And are we doing the necessary changes to our schooling systems in order to get us in the right direction?
I fear that the answer to both questions is no.
Read MoreThe Necessary Skills for a Robotized Future
It seems obvious that the jobs of the future will require different skills than the jobs of today. Just like the jobs of today require different skills than the jobs of the past. One thing is certain: the industries of the future don’t need their human workers to be robots. They have robots.
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