Technology Has Created More Jobs Than It Has Displaced

Global Commission on the Future of Work in its “Work for a Brighter Future Report” opined that technological advances like artificial intelligence,automation and robotics will create new jobs, but those who lose their jobs in this transition may be the least equipped to seize the new opportunities. Moreover today’s skills will not match the jobs of tomorrow and newly acquired skills may quickly become obsolete. Further, the greening of our economies will create millions of jobs with adoption of sustainable practices and clean technologies but other jobs will disappear as countries scale back their carbon- and resource-intensive industries. Thus the ....