The OECD estimates that nearly one in ten occupations could be automatable over the next few years.6 That said, there’s one thing we shouldn’t lose sight of. History books are full of occupations that don’t exist any more. Or is there anyone here who still knows a copperplate engraver, a rag-andbone man, a cooper or a wheelwright?
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