今日技术对于明日工作的影响将是巨大的——没有一个国家为此做好了准备。作为推动进步的灵丹妙药,创新总是会让人们失去工作。在工业革命时期,手工织布者被机械织布机所取代。过去30年,数字革命使得许多中等技能的工作岗位消失,而正是这些岗位支撑起了20世纪的中产阶级生活。打字员、票务代理、银行出纳员和许多生产线上的工作已经消亡,正如过去的织布工那样。在那些相信技术进步让世界变得更美好的人们——包括本刊在内——看来,这样的剧烈变化是繁荣度不断提升的一个自然而然的结 The impact of technology today on tomorrow’s work will be enormous - no country is ready for it. As a panacea for progress, innovation will always make people lose their jobs. During the Industrial Revolution, hand-weavers were replaced by mechanical looms. Over the past three decades, the digital revolution has left many mid-skilled jobs gone and it is these jobs that underpinned the middle-class life of the twentieth century. Typists, ticketing agents, bank tellers, and many other production lines have vanished, just as weaver weavers in the past. In the eyes of those who believe that technological advances have made the world a better place, including our own, it seems that such dramatic changes are a natural consequence of rising prosperity