Future Scenarios and Systems Thinking

I begin this topic with some assumption that Emerging technology has a great impact on working force. Specifically, it will be a very helpful topic to both me and my classmate regarding career choice and keeping competitive in the future. Also, there is a pure curiosity about what's happening in the world, is it becoming better or worse. With the help of system mapping, I am more clear about what my previous research and other classmates' research could lie on the big picture of the job market. I divide the system into two part: the supply and the demand. Demand-side: G1, G2, G3, G5 demonstrate how demand changed in different industries. Farmers: We see there is a decrease in employment as a farmer. There are two possible reasons for this decrease: firstly, assistant technologies in agriculture allow fewer people to take care of a big area of land. Second, the immigration from the rural area to cities, as you can see in FT graphic about what's happening in Chin...

What are the trends in job market? - What kinds of skills/educations are valued most in different countries  1. largest employeed;  2. highest salaries; - How do they change in last 30-50 years? - How automation and AI will impact jobmarket   1. What is happening in large companies who cooperate with a lot of automation?   2. What had happened in the past? What could we learn from past? - What are the attitudes of governments in different countries? - How the value of work and happiness different in countries? - The trend of frequancy of job changing.

In 2025, how will I keep learning to catch up the dramatically changing world? In 2025, how could the government, organizations, and companies help everyone who wants/needs to work, have the right skills/be able to work? Education & Jobs Current Trends: In tech-related industry, what we learned from school been outdated in couple years. new graduates enjoy more advantages. Society is not stable and people feel insecure and worry about be replaced and be replaced. Besides that, the tuition fee is increasing all the time. Driving Force: Development of technology 1. skills needed in workplace keep changing all the time 2. some jobs be influenced/replaced by automation and AI Predetermined 1. development of technology 2. demography change - aging society in developed countries Uncertainty 1. The cost of education: will it be more expensive or cheaper? 2. How will people get the education in the future? (traditional or online? how new tech like mix re...