A new paper by by Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne (and reviewed on the Atlantic) takes a stab at assigning probability of professions being taken over by automation. Here’s the takeaway graph.
Note education is given low probability. If, however, you are a library technician, you are screwed.
A short reflection on the Shirky Principle in Education – from the perspective of a K12 education company.
A reflection on Marcus Aurelius’s aphorism: “Give full attention and devotion to each act.”
Switching attention leaves residue. Sometimes I feel like I’m swimming through that residue. The schemas I’m holding need focused and sustained attention, and the cludgy remnants of previous mental states and distractions makes the thinking I enjoy turn into thinking that is exhausting (and poorly done).