What does the future in our profession look like?
This question concerns us today more than ever. The historian Yuval Noah Harari and the communication scientist Miriam Meckel have expressed interesting approaches to this in interviews:
Yuval Noah Harari, interview with Stephen Colbert, 05/03/2024; full interview
Colbert: “And it feels like things are changing incredibly fast. Like this generation is undergoing a more rapid change of their technological environment than ever before. Is it really? Or does every generation feel that way?”
Harari: “Every Generation thinks like that but this time it’s real. It’s the first time in human history that nobody has any idea how the world would look like in 20 years. (…) …today nobody has any idea what to teach young people that will still be relevant in 20 years.”
An interview from Johann Grolle and Martin Schlak 09.02.2024, 1 PM • DER SPIEGEL 7/2024; full interview in german
SPIEGEL: The job market is changing rapidly. Many professions that we will urgently need in 2030 do not even exist today. What advice can you advise graduates?
Meckel: I would recommend that they familiarise themselves with how the new technology works. To study the logic behind computers, behind digitalisation, behind AI – ideally in combination with sociology, psychology or philosophy. A narrow-minded view of technology is not enough; we need to understand it in its cultural context.
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