The robots are coming!
When I was in college a professor told us all about how computers were going to change the world as we know it. How hot jobs were those that involved computers. Not the use of a computer because we all use them but hardware and software development.
I didn't listen because of course it's seemed so far away. I graduated college in 2003, it hasn't even been 20 years and what he shared is already true.
We are on the verge of another economic shift....I like to call "The robots are coming!"
That's right. By 2020, next year, it is estimated nationally about 35% of all jobs will require some sort of degree, and in Colorado, experts project that by 2020, 74% of jobs will require postsecondary education, why because the jobs that don't are about to become automated.
Which jobs will be taken by the robots first? Whether you agree with this list just know, there are actually 17 more jobs you can add. You'd better read it to see if your job is on the list. https://www.shellypalmer.com/2017/02/5-jobs-robots-will-take-first/
Here is a short video about massive job loss and Universal Basic Income. https://youtu.be/e6HPdNBicM8
And here’s something the Mayor and City Council should consider in planning if they haven’t already.
There are estimates that 40% of a city’s income will be eliminated once autonomous cars take hold over the next 3-5 years.
LEAD Global will be holding a luncheon in partnership with the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Development Corporation, to go into detail about what it will mean to us, our families, our jobs, and our world. We are making a special effort to get communities of color to this event. Too often these kinds of conversations only happen in educated, affluent networks, yet POC are affected first and the deepest.
Check out the links, then go to www.leadtheshift.com and click the button to register for this event.