My talk about the future of work at University of Oxford

Name: My talk about the future of work at University of Oxford
Uploaded: 2023-03-19T16:43:49+00:00
Duration: 55 s
Channel: Utkarsh Amitabh
Description: A short excerpt from a talk by Utkarsh Amitabh on the future of work (University of Oxford). The speaker argues that employment is being unbundled from…

19 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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A short excerpt from a talk by Utkarsh Amitabh on the future of work (University of Oxford). The speaker argues that employment is being unbundled from traditional jobs as the Internet and new tools enable portfolio careers; traces Internet evolution from web 1.0 to web 3.0 (noting blockchain as an accelerator); cites a striking prediction that 85% of jobs in 2030 do not exist today; and emphasizes that frequent self-reinvention is necessary and best achieved via communities, mentors, and experimentation.

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Revolution. I talk about how work is getting unbundled from employment, how, thanks to the Internet and the new tools that are emerging, people are now able to build a portfolio of careers. I talk about the evolution of the Internet, the web 1.0 to web 2.0, to where we are heading the web 3.0, an era that's going to be turbocharged by blockchain in this entire space. We want to keep in mind that 85% of jobs of 2030 don't exist today. So if we want to be relevant, we have to learn the art of reinventing ourselves multiple times. And the key principle that we want to remember is that reinvention is impossible alone. We want to leverage the power of communities, connect with mentors, serve as mentors to other people, and through the process of experimentation, figure out what we want to do with our one meandering and precious life.