When I brought up the idea of 2 billion jobs disappearing (roughly 50% of all the jobs on the planet) it wasn’t intended as a doom and gloom outlook. Rather, it was intended as a wakeup call, letting the world know how quickly things are about to change, and letting academia know that much of the battle ahead will be taking place at their doorstep.
Here is a brief overview of five industries – where the jobs will be going away and the jobs that will likely replace at least some of them – over the coming decades.
1.) Power Industry
Jobs Going Away
- Power generation plants will begin to close down.
- Coal plants will begin to close down.
- Many railroad and transportation workers will no longer be needed.
- Even wind farms, natural gas, and bio-fuel generators will begin to close down.
- Ethanol plants will be phased out or repurposed.
- Utility company engineers, gone.
- Line repairmen, gone.
New Jobs Created
- Manufacturing power generation units the size of ac units will go into full production.
- Installation crews will begin to work around the clock.
- The entire national grid will need to be taken down (a 20 year project). Much of it will be recycled and the recycling process alone will employ many thousands of people.
- Micro-grid operations will open in every community requiring a new breed of engineers, managers, and regulators.
- Many more.
2.) Automobile Transportation – Going Driverless
Jobs Going Away
- Taxi and limo drivers, gone.
- Bus drivers, gone.
- Truck drivers, gone.
- Gas stations, parking lots, traffic cops, traffic courts, gone.
- Fewer doctors and nurses will be needed to treat injuries.
- Pizza (and other food) delivery drivers, gone.
- Mail delivery drivers, gone.
- FedEx and UPS delivery jobs, gone.
- As people shift from owning their own vehicles to a transportation-on-demand system, the total number of vehicles manufactured will also begin to decline.
New Jobs Created
- Delivery dispatchers
- Traffic monitoring systems, although automated, will require a management team.
- Automated traffic designers, architects, and engineers
- Driverless “ride experience” people.
- Driverless operating system engineers.
- Emergency crews for when things go wrong.
3.) Education
Jobs Going Away
- Teachers.
- Trainers.
- Professors.
New Jobs Created
- Coaches.
- Course designers.
- Learning camps.
4.) 3D Printers
Jobs Going Away
- If we can print our own clothes and they fit perfectly, clothing manufacturers and clothing retailers will quickly go away.
- Similarly, if we can print our own shoes, shoe manufacturers and shoe retailers will cease to be relevant.
- If we can print construction material, the lumber, rock, drywall, shingle, concrete, and various other construction industries will go away.
New Jobs Created
- 3D printer design, engineering, and manufacturing.
- 3D printer repairmen will be in big demand.
- Product designers, stylists, and engineers for 3D printers.
- 3D printer ‘Ink’ sellers.
5.) Bots
Jobs Going Away
- Fishing bots will replace fishermen.
- Mining bots will replace miners.
- Ag bots will replace farmers.
- Inspection bots will replace human inspectors.
- Warrior drones will replace soldiers.
- Robots can pick up building material coming out of the 3D printer and begin building a house with it.
New Jobs Created
- Robot designers, engineers, repairmen.
- Robot dispatchers.
- Robot therapists.
- Robot trainers.
- Robot fashion designers.
. Not gona happen 
Nyt vain iski tuo teknologian kehitys ja joka alalla olevat tehostamistoimet. Eli ennen tarvittiin samaan työhön vaikkapa kaksi henkilöä ja nyt riittää vain yksi koska työn tehokkuutta ja turhia työvaiheita on karsittu.
