Advice for today's young children?

by Yuval Noah Harari
Transcript of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ_8n4Dl9vc

Nobody really knows how the world, and the job market, would look like in 2040. Hence, nobody knows what to teach young people today. Consequently, it is likely that much of what you currently learn at school will be irrelevant by the time you're 40. So what should you focus on? My best advice is to focus on developing your mental balance, and your emotional intelligence. Traditionally, life has been divided into two main parts: the period of learning, followed by a period of working. In the first part of your life, you built a stable identity, and acquired personal and professional skills. In the second part of life, you relied on your identity and skills to navigate the world, earn a living, and contribute to society. But by 2040, this traditional model will become obsolete, and the only way for humans to stay in the game will be to keep learning throughout their lives, and to reinvent themselves again, and again, even at the age of 50. A change is usually stressful, and after a certain age, most people don't like to change. When you are 10 years old, your entire life is change, whether you like it or not. Your body is changing, your mind is changing, your relationships are changing. Everything is in flux. You're busy inventing yourself. By the time you're 50, you don't want change. You want stability, but in the 21st century, you won't be able to enjoy that luxury. If you try to hold on to some stable identity, some stable job, some stable worldview, you will be left behind, and the world will fly by you with a whoosh. So people will need to be extremely resilient and mentally balanced to sail through this never-ending storm, and to deal with very high levels of stress.