The qualifications achieved in schools, colleges, and universities, the brand of an educational institution or an employer, the social networks of a potential job applicant—all are signals currently used to indicate potential fit between individuals’ capabilities and job opportunities in the labor market. These proxy signals have their origin in shortcomings in the capacity to […]
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Feb 12, 2019
The Next Economic Growth Engine Scaling Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies in Production
World Economic Forum In collaboration with McKinsey & Company After a decade of stagnated productivity, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is expected to create up to $3.7 trillion in value by 2025. Technologies such as the internet of things, advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, and additive manufacturing are already helping to generate net productivity increases. However, to […]
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Your three-pound brain runs on just 20 watts of power — barely enough to light a dim bulb. Yet the machine behind our eyes has built civilizations from scratch, explored the stars, and pondered our existence. In contrast, IBM’s Watson, a supercomputer that runs on 20,000 watts, can outperform humans at calculation and “Jeopardy!” but […]
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As leaders around the globe investigate how to leverage the benefits of blockchain technologies, security is often a primary concern. They may be aware of the many security benefits inherent with a blockchain, such as cryptography, immutability, decentralization. But questions remain, such as: what is the best approach to blockchain as a technical problem? How […]
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