I am always reminded that people don’t plan to fail. Instead, we worry, procrastinate, and fail to plan for our future. We just don’t take action now but wait for things to happen. Let’s take the example of an aircraft emergency. Parents are required to put on their own air-masks first before putting masks on their children. It is, therefore, vital for parents to be equipped with the required knowledge and understanding to future-proof themselves first.

Knowledge is king. Once parents have acquired and applied knowledge for themselves, they are in a better position to future-proof and guide their own children.

Much research is conducted and many papers are written on the topic of how automation and robots will eliminate and create jobs in the future. The predictions of how many new jobs are created and how many existing jobs will be eliminated in the future because of automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are varied. Some are pessimistic. Some are optimistic. Regardless of what you think, what’s certain and inevitable is the fact that there will be new jobs created and existing jobs eliminated.