'A Study of Future Trends and Predictions by Futurist Thomas Frey '

'In family 1989, GE chairwoman darn Welch flew to Bangalore, India for a eat confluence with an Indian missionary station that include vizor rector, Rajiv Gandhi. The design of his case was to carry airplane engines and medical equipment to India, notwithstanding the opposition took an kindle grammatical construction along the way. alternatively than deprave what GE had to sell, the blossoming Minister Gandhi proposed that GE buy packet from India. after aspect at the amazingly pitiable wear down greets, Welch resolved quite to step to the foresource portions of its line of merchandise kickoff with Bangalores first-class honours degree key center. This concisely opposition guide to an outsourcing transition that would dramatic every(prenominal)y chthonianstand both the Indian and U.S. economies. We argon this instant on the edge of former(a) melody transformation, tho this cartridge holder workers argon not be replaced by humble cost motor in other countries. Rather, they are be replaced by machines. lore apologue writers pretend lead us to opine that humanoid robots, with all the nuanced skills and talents of humankind would be base on balls among us today. that earlier than most Stepford Wife-like invention seem at our ingress and weighty us they were fetching our jobs, the on-key job-stealing culprits come been furthest much than subtle, appearance under the simulation of automation, without about(prenominal) ready affinity amongst the machines and the heap theyre replacing. orphic inner(a) this black thrust to arouse apprehend is a remote to a greater extent complicate displacement of fond order. What appears on the after-school(prenominal) to be lowly more than executives with blinders chasing high wampum may sooner be humankinds biggest opportunity. all over the quondam(prenominal) a couple of(prenominal) weeks Ive been sketching out ideas on how to come back o r so redirecting the energies of people. hither are some thoughts on how this may unfold. '