See the signs that a new industrial revolution has begun, remaking the world — as the previous ones did.
Industrial revolutions are not one big event. They are many incremental changes with giant effects. Wars and pandemics often accelerate them, changing society unexpectedly with fantastic speed. The shift to working at home is one such change, forced by COVID-19 – changing everything.Â
Most hope that the jobs lost will be replaced by new jobs, just as unemployed farmers got jobs in factories and unemployed factory workers got jobs in services. These hopes are right – and wrong. Here is why.
Industrial revolutions have reshaped the world. But during the long pause since WWII, we forgot what they are like. Here is a reminder. A timely one, since a new revolution has begun.
A new Industrial Revolution is beginning. With our experience from the earlier ones, we can navigate through it to a prosperous future – without the suffering of previous ones.
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