All Play and No Work Makes Jack a Mere Toy

Parallel Universes in a Decade of Disruption

These days I am often invited to write or speak about the future of work, to make some predictions in terms of jobs lost to automation, the skills that will be in demand, and a range of other oft-repeated factors that are assumed will be necessary for getting a job in the year 2030.

My usual response is to refuse such requests. It is a trap for the unwa…