Study after study has shown that millions of
jobs are at risk of becoming automated in the
coming years.
And the U.S. is not prepared, says Mark
Cuban, the billionaire software developer and
owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
In a recent interview on Bloomberg TV,
Cuban warned that even people with in-
demand skills like computer coding could
soon be displaced.
"That might have been a great job a few
years ago, but you might be out of work in
five years," he said, citing what he called "the
automation of automation," where computers
learn how to write software better than
humans can.
"We're going to have a lot of displaced
workers — the nature of work is changing,"
he said.
So a new skill will become more in-demand
than it ever has been: creative thinking .
"I personally think there's going to be a
greater demand in 10 years for liberal arts
majors than there were for programming
majors and maybe even engineering," he
said. "When the data is all being spit out for
you for you, options are being spit out for
you, you need a different perspective in
order to have a different view of the data."
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In particular, experts in philosophy or foreign
languages will ultimately command the most
interest from employers in the next decade,
Cuban said.
Cuban went on to say that individuals should be
investing in programs like Americorps, which
leverages community-building and creative
thinking to create social impact. But that type
work isn't always seen as valuable, Cuban
said.
"Making it a real job...that's what we're going
to need," he said.