You can’t guess the future. If you don’t believe, it’s futile to try to guess precisely what the future will be, just ask the many people who figured they’d get rich by trying to time the stock market’s ups and down. It’s unlikely anyone in the 1960s who wasn’t writing science fiction could have predicted electric cars, iPhones, and personal computers. However, having said that, it is possible to look at current well-established technology trends and make some extrapolations that seem reasonable.
It is clear that automation as well as several emerging technologies will impact the job market. Its impact is already apparent in the financial industry. Ask bookkeepers who now must compete with simple software programs ...
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