Prediction for Future of Work in 2021 [CIO, 21 December 2020]

Title:

Prediction for Future of Work in 2021

 

Published:

CIO, 21 December 2020

https://www.cio.com/article/3601847/predictions-for-future-of-work-in-2021.html

 

From the article:

The application-first economy and future of work that was emerging over the past few years suddenly got a jolt of adrenaline when the pandemic hit. COVID-19 forced everything from digital computing, healthcare, large scale supply chain, the service economy, and even home and family life to reinvent themselves. For 2021 and beyond, there are a few top-of-mind predictions that look at the bigger picture for the future of work, as so many of us are re-imagining what that will be, and how some things have changed forever.  

Short Article: Will the 2020s see Asia pull ahead in higher education?

Title:
Will the 2020s see Asia pull ahead in higher education?

Author:
Louise Nicol

Published:
University World News, 18 January 2020

From the article:
"In the 19th century, the world was Europeanised. In the 20th century, it was Americanised. Now, it is being Asianised - and much faster than you think." (Jonathan Woetzel and Jeongmin Seong, McKinsey Global Institute, 2019).

It's a statement that is starkly put, but it provides the jumping off point for five predictions about the direction of travel for higher eduaction as we enter the 2020s.

To read this short article:
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200113100842149

Short Article - Tech pioneer Ray Kurzweil: We will merge with computers by 2045

Title:
Tech pioneer Ray Kurzweil: We will merge with computers by 2045

Author:
Denyse O'Leary

Published:
Mind Matters, 30 October 2019

From the article:
At the COSM Technology Summit, tech pioneer and visionary Ray Kurzweil offered by interactive video a glimpse of his foreseen Singularity in which we merge with super-intelligent computers. As a Director of Engineering at Google, with a 30-year track record of accurate predictions and many key patents to his credit, the "the restless genius" (Wall Street Journal) projects the revolution - of which he has been so large a component - into a limitless future: "I've been in this field 55 years and it's only in the last few years that we can take everything humans do and go way beyond the best human. We can perform any kind of human capability."

To read full article:
https://mindmatters.ai/2019/10/tech-pioneer-ray-kurzweil-we-will-merge-with-computers-by-2045/