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Chapter One - To Know the Present
Through the Past
our education system within the next 30 years, the world
will face a great crisis. The consulting firm, McKinsey
estimated that by 2030, 800 million people’s jobs around
the world will be replaced by robots. If we still adhere to
the current hundreds of years old education approach, it
will be difficult for us to compete with machines.
Jack Ma advocates that children should learn soft skills,
such as independent thinking, and team-work that
machines cannot pick up.
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In recent years, many educators and even countries have
advocated for reforms in education. Three professors
at the school of computer science in Carnegie Mellon
University, United States, which is outstanding for artificial
intelligence (AI) development, jointly wrote an article in the
Harvard Business Review, pointing out that people must
reform education and prepare young people for the future
AI era.
In addition to learning coding and strengthening STEM
(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)
