The Future of Work: Utopia or Dystopia? You Decide.
The future of work is up for debate, with tech optimists, skeptical economists, and gloomy journalists all having a stake in the conversation. Each group sees the future differently:
some anticipate AI bringing prosperity and freeing workers from menial tasks, while others predict that robots and automation will lead to job losses and heightened inequality.
The real question is not “what will happen?” but “what do we want to happen?” With predictions ranging from job automation in 2026 to mass unemployment by 2050, it’s clear that human decisions will shape this future. The timeline of work, from economic shifts to environmental disasters, depends on the values and actions we adopt today. So, are we preparing for our utopia, or someone else’s dystopia?
In the race to shape the future, we must ask ourselves—are we building a world that benefits humanity or one that serves machines? The future is ours to design.
Read the full article on Harvard Business Review.
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