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Q88 How Will Education Change in the AI Era?

Chapter 10 Society and the Future

The Short Answer

In the AI era, education shifts from teaching knowledge to nurturing people who create the future.

Unpacking the Question

How will education change in the AI era?
Until now, memorizing knowledge was the center of education.
Those who knew more were the ones society valued.
But AI holds vast knowledge and retrieves what is needed in an instant.
In memorizing knowledge, we are no match for AI.
That is why the very purpose of education changes.
It is no longer about what to memorize.
It is about what to think.
What to create.
What future to envision.
That becomes the new center of education.
More than the power to memorize answers, the power to ask questions.
More than the power to find the right answer, the power to create new value.
More than the power to solve problems alone, the power to shape the future in collaboration with AI and with others.
These are the powers society will call for from now on.
In Future Value Theory, we see education as nurturing people who create future value.
Future value means creating value that does not yet exist
and making the future better for people and society.
What that requires is not knowledge alone.
Curiosity.
Imagination.
The courage to take on challenges.
And the power to believe in the future.
The more AI evolves, the more education will evolve from "knowing" to "creating the future."

Implications for Management

In developing people for the AI era, teaching knowledge is not enough.
What matters is creating an environment where employees can raise questions, take on challenges, and create future value.
The manager's role is to treat education not as "skills development" but as investment in the people who will create the future.

How Would You Answer?

Are you learning to accumulate new knowledge?
Or are you learning to build the power to create the future?

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