The Retirement Crisis, Digital Literacy & The Case For Upskilling

L’industrie des soins – qui s’occupe des malades, des jeunes et des vieillards – restera sans doute longtemps encore un bastion humain. Les gens vivant plus longtemps et ayant moins d’enfants, le soin des personnes âgées sera probablement un des secteurs du marché du travail humain qui connaîtra la croissance la plus rapide.

changing economic circumstances—declining real wages and increased uncertainty about employment stability and opportunities—created a context in which constant self-improvement is suggested as the only reliable insurance against economic insecurity.

Many other activities which people used to do themselves have also been turned into products. Consequently, people spend time working to buy products rather than learning and doing the activity themselves. The result is a downward spiral of fewer skills -> greater need for technology -> more work -> less time to practice the remaining skil