Remember when Jarvis did everything for Iron Man? Tony still had to know what he was building. We’ve currently got the same problem… It's just a new scenario.

The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025 names curiosity and lifelong learning among the fastest-rising skills between now and 2030, sitting alongside creative thinking and resilience as the human capabilities that complement technology rather than compete with it.

These days, whenever you open LinkedIn, there’s one thing you’ll see everywhere: reports saying “AI is changing the job market.” You read a few of them, and go in a state of frenzy (mostly).

Walking through the halls of DIDAC India this tension was everywhere. EduTech founders, educators, policymakers and industry leaders gathered to talk about the future of learning. But the real conversation wasn’t just about innovation. It was about identity.

Critical thinking is airport security for your ideas: every assumption goes on the conveyor belt, evidence X-rays it for hidden biases, suspicious claims get frisked with tough questions, and only the facts that truly check out get clearance to fly.

In a world of rapid change and rising digital dependence, genuine human connection can feel harder to come by.