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you are currently viewing:Technology will take our jobs? We've heard that one beforeFebruary 19, 2026-Professions threatened by technology have proven surprisingly resilient throughout history. The first part of the Hollywood actor's career was spent in silent films as a "sheik type," a job that mostly required strutting around and being handsome. According to news accounts from the late 1920s, it was also a job threatened by a technological breakthrough: sound. A grating voice or a thick accent could suddenly be a career-ender. It turned out that Novarro was good at more than one thing. A former singing waiter with some killer pipes, he was able to croon his way into a second part of his career that capitalized on the novelty of "talkies." There's a long history of technology erasing jobs. There's a story just as old of people successfully manoeuvring through a middle ground to adapt-by leaning into skills that maximize innovation and genuinely add value. Source: World Economic Forum |
International Standards Proliferate, Reshaping Global Economy: Too Many Developing Countries Are Left Behind, Report Finds
December 11, 2025--A proliferating set of international standards-covering everything from food labeling to the specifications of 5G cellular networks-s steadily reshaping the global economic order, delivering hefty benefits to the wealthy nations and large multinational companies that set them while leaving many developing countries on the sidelines, according to a new World Bank report.
