Technological revolution - European Economic and Social … · 2017-06-28 · Technological...
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Technological revolution transforming work, minds and society
Alberto Alemanno
story
How many of you feel
threatened by
automation?
Is automation a real
threat?
47% at risk
9% jobs fully automatable
Even the smaller
estimates of future job
loss to automation means
millions…
close your eyes
Do you remember your first classroom ever?
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little, or nothing has changed
in the meantime
the knowledge-transmission model survived
we train for jobs no longer exist!
What’s the future role of
education in era of
technological abundance?
historically
education adapted
via
expansion & retraining
yet
education-based solutions
no longer work
deeper,
more troubling
paradox
richer
healthier
live longer
more educate
more connected
How many of you feel the same?
I do.
Surveillance Capitalism
monetizes data acquired through extraction and surveillance.
Spectators.
Not actors.
Consumers.
Not citizens.
to re-write the classic script…
move away from
centrality of work in our lives.
PURPOSE
education for
1. salary-paid economy
2. not-employed economy
education for
critical citizenry
Automation =
+
…the story continues…
lobbying
not really do
The best remedy to threat of
automation is purpose.
What B & B’s stories tell us?