In this episode, Cem interviews TEDx speaker and youth worker at the Princes Trust Jamie Lee Brett to discuss the growing digital inequalities in the UK and the impact it may have on employment and well-being. Jamie shares why mental health issues are growing year on year amongst young people, how social media is warping our expectations and what may happen if technology equals the intelligence of a human beings in the coming years.
What You'll Hear:
4:00 Introducing Jamie Lee Brett
7:00 Tackling digital inequality and the digital divide
11:00 using linkedin to build your professional network
13:00 Teaching how to write a CV vs teaching entrepreneurship
16:30 Mental health and the digital economy
21:00 Is education moving quick enough
24:00 the ability to upskill yourself for free online
26:00 Global competition in the digital economy
30:00 What happens when technology equals the intelligence of a human being
33:00 Social media and expectations
38:00 Most powerful pieces of advice you've been given?
39:20 Biggest load of nonsense you've ever heard?
Resources:
2.3m Digital Workers Need By 2020
Andrew McAfee - What Will Future Jobs Look Like (TED)
Why Your Job Should Not Define You
Pakistans Free Electric Generator
Theory of The False Self - Donald Winnicott
Homo Evolutis - Juan Enriquez: The Next Species of Human
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