This book is a collection of columns published by Ruan Yifeng in Caixin Weekly, one per month, a total of more than 20 articles, plus older articles, to form the book. From five aspects: reality, occupation, method, case and future, the book expounds some opportunities and challenges that the future world may face.
1. Reality
Opening with the example of AlphaGo's victory over the Go champion, it describes the possible life scenarios of human beings in the future world. You have studied in a field for many years and become an expert, and suddenly that field is obsolete, and no one needs what you have learned. In the next few decades, many occupations may disappear, and even many occupations that rely on intelligence will disappear. The writer Wu Xiaobo called the ability that is difficult to replace by the machine "soft ability". At present, it seems that there are three capabilities that machines are unlikely to achieve. (1) Humanity and personality charm. (2) Creativity. (3) Decision-making and leadership, that is, entrepreneurial ability. When making life planning, we should try to develop and cultivate these soft powers. No one will know what the world will look like in the future, but it is indeed possible to speculate, and what we have to do is to prepare ourselves on these foundations, autonomous, cross-border, lifelong learning.
2. Careers
The book talks about the story of a mule, the mule is buried in hard work, just to complete the goal of the master, and like all the usual employers, they are completing and fulfilling the wishes of others. Therefore, I hope that in my free time, I will think more about how to go on my own path to be the most satisfactory. It's best to think more about what your plan B is. Otherwise, the feeling of being dominated by others is very humiliating. Plan B is best to choose jobs that inspire you and arouse enthusiasm, so that courage is easily generated. Otherwise, in an older state, it will be more painful to do something that you can't lift. Therefore, there must be a plan B, a restart plan that temporarily stores your interests, hobbies, and dreams.
There is no absolutely safe harbor, only the one who is prepared for all early warnings is the most solid backer in the future.
3. Methods
This part is actually a simple writing of some methodologies, describing the motivation of entrepreneurship and the direction of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial projects to do subtraction is better than addition, there are two directions to choose, one is to cast a wide net, quick start, do not change; the second is to deeply cultivate a line, become an industry elite. Either have the perseverance to study hard, or find your own small world.
4. Cases
At present, the popular business model, such as chat payment, knowledge payment, the future may be everyone micro-media. Everyone is a creator of content, everyone is a representative of a different personality, and in the future it is certainly the birth of various platforms. The development of technology is so fast that the basic knowledge of technology should be learned in leisure time to lay the foundation for not becoming technical illiterate in the future. Take advantage of the convenience of modern society to create more products and experiences that make people feel happy.
5. Future Chapter
For the future imagination, for the time being, you can judge through the current cutting-edge technology, the progress of genetic technology, really make people love and hate, if there is really wealth to manipulate genetic changes, let yourself become what you want, it is a wonderful thing, but this will only make excellent people more excellent, ordinary more ordinary, careful thinking is extremely frightening. Now in the era of big data, the closest thing to our lives is that after big data analysis, we have all become transparent people. Crisis is the coexistence of danger and opportunity, there are good and bad, both sides of the scale, after one side increases weight, on the other side, there will be people to find a way to balance it, otherwise society will indeed go in an unknown direction. Kasinski's warning is indeed not out of thin air, but the approach is more extreme.
Always maintain a sober mind, cultivate the ability to continue to learn, follow the pace of the times, there will be many opportunities waiting for you.