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We have no clue what the job market of the future is going to look like. That’s the reality. We need to be prepared to adapt, not specialise. Moving up the ranks in one company for 30 years is no longer a prospect. Embrace change and build skills to thrive through it

But since we have no clue what skills will be useful, how can we plan effectively to thrive?

you also gain metaskills when acquiring multiple skills. and the skills can combine in nonlinear ways.

I’m talking about honing in on the ability to acquire new skills when necessary. Many university degrees instead focus on specialisation in a singular field. If that field becomes obsolete, it is going to be very difficult to move into a new area

That’s the defence of the liberal arts, in a classical humanist sense. It’s not about knowing this or that, it’s about learning how to think, how to analyse, logic, a sense of the grand sweep of history, beauty and culture.