Editor’s note: this is a guest post from Fred Mazzella, co-founder and executive chairman of European tech scale-up BlaBlaCar.
The digital revolution has brought significant societal benefits. By connecting the world like never before, it has brought unprecedented gains in productivity, diffusion of information and quality of life. But like other revolutions before it, it is also creating some real challenges – particularly for the portion of the workforce whose skills might become increasingly obsolete, as AI and automation take over their jobs.