“In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow,”

Some independent workers see this as offering the ideal combination of a lot of freedom, less stress and greater job satisfaction.

My sense is that successful organizations will increasingly shift from hierarchical structures to more networked and collaborative models.

The big challenge for most societies will be how to absorb and accommodate the new modernity while still embracing the nourishing aspects of our traditional value systems.

Our relationship with our mobile technologies is a case in point. The fact that we are always connected may deprive us of one of our most important assets: the time to pause, reflect and engage in a substantive conversation neither aided by technology nor intermediated by

As we live in a society where more than a quarter of the children born today in advanced economies are expected to live to 100,

As I have emphasized throughout this book, the eventual course that the fourth industrial revolution takes will ultimately be determined by our ability to shape it in a way that unleashes its full potential.

Is this the beginning of a new and flexible work revolution that will empower any individual who has an internet connection and that will eliminate the shortage of skills? Or will it trigger the onset of an inexorable race to the bottom in a world of unregulated virtual sweatshops?

In the foreseeable future, low-risk jobs in terms of automation will be those that require social and creative skills; in particular, decision making under uncertainty and the development of novel ideas.