What is certain is that people will have to work in different ways, in different jobs and different places, over a career span marked by continuous, lifelong learning and training. We must acquire the skills necessary for the twenty-first century: critical thinking, aptitude for problem-solving, creativity and acceptance of innovation, the ability to communicate effectively, and openness to cooperation and group work.
This while we continue to invest in knowledge, in schools and universities, with the aim of rapidly overcoming the very serious deficit of “functional literacy and numeracy” observed in many countries (notably in Italy) by the 2013 OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies.