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Education

With a million young people locked out of work, the UK’s hidden jobs crisis is only growing | John Harris

Today at 15:02 PM, via The Guardian

Held back by Covid and then phased out by AI, Britain’s so-called Neets are desperately seeking a secure future. Who will offer them hope?

Another week, another set of sobering economic numbers. Last Thursday, the Office for National Statistics published its latest quarterly estimate of the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are so-called Neets – people not in education, employment or...

Science/Tech

How the Internet Rewired Work – and What That Tells Us About AI’s Likely Impact

Today at 14:34 PM, via Slashdot

“The internet did transform work — but not the way 1998 thought…” argues the Wall Street Journal. “The internet slipped inside almost every job and rewired how work got done.” So while the number of single-task jobs like travel agent dropped, most jobs “are bundles of judgment, coordination and hands-on work,” and instead the internet brought “the quiet transformation of nearly every job in...