Dear Mr. Chambers,



Thank you for your positive outlook on the digital transformation of Europe. We need enthusiasm in Europe at this point in time. Technology is indeed one of the main drivers of economic growth and its impact nowadays is evident and very much in line of what Keynes predicted in the first half of last century. The digital age is the latest human stage and its impact on labor is still difficult to fully perceive to some extent. Thomas Malone in 2004 tried to look into the future to foresee the impact of technology on the workplace. The future is unknown and even if most forecasts such as yours and, for instance, the ones of Brynjolfsson and McAfee, are optimistic, digitization and recent advancements in engineering and new materials are speeding up automation and the emergence of robotization. We still do not know how fast artificial intelligence will replace human labor. Will the new types of jobs that you mention, such as system developers, data analysts, amongst others, be safe from being snatched by ever more intelligent robots? We will see...

Anyway, thanks for your enthusiastic views.

Manuel Gomes Samuel

