As the Fourth Industrial Revolution transforms some sectors and creates new fields, it is also enabling new approaches to health care and education. The potential benefits of disruptive technologies for economic growth, sustainability, and human wellbeing are simply too great to pass up.
WASHINGTON, DC – Governments are often more eager to invest in physical infrastructure – such as roads, bridges, and airports – than in human capital, through channels like health care, education, and skills training. This can be good politics, because it enables leaders to deliver concrete, visible results over the course of a few years. But the best way to ensure that economies grow and prosper in the long term is to ensure that citizens are healthy and educated.
WASHINGTON, DC – Governments are often more eager to invest in physical infrastructure – such as roads, bridges, and airports – than in human capital, through channels like health care, education, and skills training. This can be good politics, because it enables leaders to deliver concrete, visible results over the course of a few years. But the best way to ensure that economies grow and prosper in the long term is to ensure that citizens are healthy and educated.