5 Widespread Myths About the Future of Work Younger People Shouldn’t Believe

Thomas Davis
2 min readSep 21, 2022
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“The job market of the future will consist of those jobs that robots cannot perform.” — Michio Kaku

The future of work is frightening for people.

There is so much uncertain about what jobs folks will have 5, 10, 20 years down the road. This can be especially daunting for those who don’t wanna work in technology. Everywhere you turn these days people are talking about NFTs, Bitcoin, DAOs and other acronyms I’m too old to have even heard of.

Let me tell you the future of work will not leave you out.

There are a lot of falsehoods floating around the Internet about the future of work. I bust five of these myths below:

1. You need to learn to code

This is probably the most widespread myth about gaining employment in the future. Neuroscientist Tara Swart believes the key for thriving in the future of work is less about computer science and more about training your brain how to think computationally.

2. Automation will replace every worker in the world

Robots are not gunning for your job. Many folks who study the future of work believe automation will create more jobs than it eliminates…

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Thomas Davis

Writer, motivational blogger, self-development,deep thinker, storyteller