Four future scenarios and their essential skill set

Which skills will children need to thrive in 2050? What if digital innovation accelerates over the next 30 years? What if machines take over service jobs? The GDI Future Skills study elaborates on four possible scenarios.
5 January, 2021 by
Vier Zukunftsszenarien und Fähigkeiten, die es dafür braucht
GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
 

Study, 2020 (free download)

Languages: German, English, French
Format: PDF
Commissioned by: Jacobs Foundation

Future skills: the Net Zero scenario

A world in abundance, where its inhabitants will still have to do without in order to save the planet. Humanities overall goal is carbon neutrality. This is a future scenario from the GDI study "Future Skills".

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Future Skills: Fully Automated AI Luxury

Robots do most of our work, scarcities are a thing of the past. This is a scenario from the GDI study "Future Skills". What skills will humans need? How will we live together in the future?

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