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In the first paper, we discuss a short history of the evolution of technology and its impact on society.

We explore the lessons learnt, as well as the opportunities and challenges new technologies present, particularly their impact on people and work.

Our next paper explores the scale and nature of task and job disruption.

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The rise of technologies that have the potential to replace human endeavour in a period where growth in the global working-age population is in steep decline may be an example of extraordinary synchronicity.


 
78%

People have historically been the central plank of productivity with a growing and more educated population underpinning increasing capability and capacity. This era is coming to an end.
Over the past 40 years (1980–2021), the global population increased by 78%.
28%

Over the next 50 years, growth is forecast to fall dramatically to 28%.
At the same time, growth in the global working-age population will more than halve from 190% over the last 50 years to 80% over the next 50 years. 

United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs. Population Division. ‘World Prospects ‘ 2023
The World Bank. Health ‘Nutrition and Population Statistics: Population estimates and projections’, 2023