The Noble Power of Being Superior to Robots Is Within Each One of Us
Think like a human, not like a machine. Think like an entrepreneur, not like an employee. Think like an economizer, not a consumer.
Robots will take our jobs.
Are we prepared for it? Of course not.
Nobody is even noticing that the robots are taking our jobs, but the truth is that they are.
Nobody knows what the future holds, but I’m sure that the robots will significantly impact unemployment rates, and it will be painful.
The signs of stagnation in the global economy have been feeling for decades. To feel productive and avoid crashes, we need money-making machines (central banks) to replace our GDPs. And the next few decades are going to be the accumulation of mountains of debt.
Robots are here to stay, but also to help us in our daily routines.
Not all news is bad. While some people will be fired to be replaced by robots, others will be hired for their human attributes.
But after all, what will distinguish us in the future, and how can we anticipate this trend, being early adapters?
Man is a slow, sloppy, and brilliant thinker; the machine is fast, accurate, and stupid.
Some believe that the robotization of the productive industry will have a disproportionately negative effect on the working class. But the reality is that sometimes we forget the resilience that human beings have and the capacity and creativity that we use to produce new needs out of thin air.
Better-paid workers, who have so far benefited from the efficiency of the information age, will soon encounter an unprecedented technological wave with overwhelmingly more effective and cheaper capabilities. Therefore, competition between the two entities will not even be a case of discussion.
Nobody knows the pace of this disruptive technological era. We don’t even know what technologies will thrive in high voltage in the following years. Probably the adoption will accelerate as societies adapt themselves to these new mainstream.
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
Technology is made by humans. We create new things with our ingenuity and creativity. But everything we search enables our curiosity to find new tools to use and benefit from them.
Although we might think that robots will take our jobs, we often forget that we are the ultimate creators. And this willingness to do better and different made us, humans, what we are today.
Our uniqueness makes us use technology to overcome different layers of development. Look what is happening with the disruption of money? Suddenly, every government in the world is preparing to shift to crypto. Why?
Innovation makes us change. Sometimes we are so sheltered in our comfort zone that we fight against the change. But the reality is that, whether we like it or not, when innovations become mainstream, there’s no way to stop them.
In this disruptive era, some pieces of advice should stay in the air so that we, humans, can begin to deeply think so that radical changes don’t have to come so highly, but in a progressively wave of minor trades.
We have to shift our mindset because the world demands it. Hence we must think like humans and not machines, like entrepreneurs, not employees, like economizers, not consumers, and like investors, not spectators.
Our human attributes will be enhanced to the point that they can become the difference between having a challenging job or staying at home receiving any type of Universal Basic Income (UBI).
The rarest of the good qualities in human beings is courage.
We, humans, are incredibly efficient adaptative animals.
From generation to generation, some jobs turn obsolete because innovation makes activities unnecessary. Yet, specific human attributes stay with workers. Meaning, in jobs that no longer exist, workers develop particular characteristics or attributes that make them qualified for another kind of future job.
For example, in the 60s, office workers have developed human attributes in typing, work organization, and communication. These attributes can perfectly fit into current or future jobs.
Remember, human attributes will increase their value over time as robotic systems rise into most industries.
The main human attributes will always have more importance when combined with others. For example, Elon Musk is simultaneously the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, Neurolink, and The Boring Company.
Entrepreneurs are not necessarily outstanding at just one function. On the contrary, entrepreneurs who will stand out the most in the future will combine different human attributes, which will improve their perception of needs, vision for the future, and flexibility for change.
So, what kind of human attributes are we talking about?
Main attributes.
1. Digital thinking
It’s the extension of deep learning and artificial intelligence. It’s in the realm of zeros and ones that this attribute will navigate. It will be the primary catalyst in the evolution from analog to digital.
2. Mechanical skills
In an era of robots, a lot of mechanical knowledge will be needed. Many of us will have a personal robot at our home and in our personal lives. We only need skills like design, installation, maintenance, reprogramming, dismantling, and disposal.
3. Electronic knowledge
It will be an ideal way to support mechanical skills. The electronics will be the robot’s brain. There will be robots everywhere, dependent on energy systems to operate. Skills in the field of electricity and electronics will always be needed.
4. Biological skills
For those interested in life sciences, the opportunities will be abundant. Dismantling old rudimentary facilities from the coal and oil era will be a challenge for generations. But as bionics improve, we’ll need genetic engineers.
Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance.
Technology brings abundance because it’s deflationary. Today you can count the number of free services that apps on the phone can offer you. Initially, they weren’t free, but the deflationary trend tends to be accessible as new innovations are created.
For services to be free, jobs are lost.
Yet, we are on a planet of opportunities. Don’t believe it’s the end of the world, because personally, I think it’s just the beginning of an abundant era.
We will enter an era in which people will be able to choose between human interaction and robotic automation.
Human interaction will undoubtedly be more expensive, as the abundance created by robots will make everything ridiculously cheap or even free, except for services provided by humans.
There will be some types of services that we will insist on being provided by robots, but other services we will not work without the human presence.
For example, imagine you will get your driving license. Do you prefer to be met by a sulky secretary at the Institute for Mobility and Transport? Or do you prefer to go through an online platform in the comfort of your home?
Another example: you were the victim of a robbery. Do you prefer to fill out an accident form online or be attended by a helpful law enforcement officer?
In the future, the economy will be highly dichotomous. There will be very cheap products provided by robotic services, but human attributes such as kindness will be highly paid and scarce in the job market.
In the world of robotic precision, incompetence will not be tolerated. Whatever one’s job function, the fundamental quality standard will be competent execution of the task. Feedback from data exploration, cloud computing, and social media will instantly assess the performance of all jobs.- John Pugliano in The Robots Are Coming
So, competence will be a helpful human attribute if you know you’re an exemplary worker.
Another crucial human attribute that will clearly distinguish us from robots is the ability to communicate. In a world of robotic questionnaires, the presence of a communicative human being, with sensitivity to manage conflicts, present understandable solutions, and capture the attention of large communities, will be one of the secret weapons for the future.
Can you imagine yourself in a world where the zeros and ones, the code, and the algorithms will be part of our day-to-day?
Get ready to discover your artistic streak, as the artistic attribute will be highly valued by the future market.
The world of finance is changing at a rapid pace. Those who can’t manage risk are doomed to be poor. The system has been built for individuals to transform themselves into little entrepreneurs. And managing risk is one of the things every individual should do to avoid the rat race most of us are trapped in.
Those who have more courage to face risk and take action in a technological era will thrive.
Yet, the risk always has to be managed in a balanced way. Entrepreneurs pay high prices if they don’t control other human attributes like greed, lust, or envy.
Final Thoughts
Think like a human, not like a machine.
Those who try to fight against the powerful force of technology will fail. Those who try to be more efficient than a robot in repetitive tasks will fail.
Remember, human attributes are things that are intrinsic to every human being. We just have to empower them to gain an advantage in a highly competitive era ahead.
Algorithms will reduce simple human tasks to dust.
In your job, you probably have that kind of worker that always tries to innovate, and it’s always searching for new technological solutions to solve daily problems. That’s the guy you have to follow. He probably constantly search for innovative ways to do his job. You should start to do the same.
The power of being superior to robots is within each one of us. Artificial intelligence and deep learning will compete with humans.
Yet the battle will not be won physically but in our curiosity, ingenuity, courage, and kindness.
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