671 - The End of Jobs with Jeff Wald

People assumed that it will only take 2-3 years to figure out the rest. However, at this stage the math is non-linear. Figuring out the remaining 10% edge cases will take a lot longer. Even once self-driving trucks are ready to get on the roads, it will take a long time before workers are displaced. Companies need to buy the new trucks and adapt th... See more

Jeff thinks that self-driving trucks won’t be on the roads anytime soon. In 10 years we figured out 90% of the cases to get self-driving trucks on the road

“10-15% of the jobs in the next 20 years are going to go”

We’ve never done this before at a similar scale

Jeff’s concern is whether we’ll be able to help workers transition to new jobs

Become a lifelong learner Go hard in technology or in human relationships.

As an employee, you should Think about how monetizable your skills will be in a few years

Will it be on the workers, companies, government or someone else? History shows us that ultimately it will be on the workers

Jeff’s concern is whether we’ll be able to help workers transition to new jobs. A big question is, who’s responsible to re-train displaced workers?