Who Will Own the Jobs of the Future?

One of the first major discoveries that Gallup made when it started surveying the world more than a decade ago was that what the whole world wants more than anything is a good job. Not only do good jobs provide financial security, but they also elevate people's wellbeing and happiness.

But what will happen when advances in science and technology make some good jobs redundant? What if these advances take away more jobs than they create? These are critical questions for the future of work.

When the Wellcome Global Monitor asks people in more than 140 countries whether they believed science and technology will increase or decrease the number of jobs in their local area in the next five years, people are almost three times more likely to say science and technology will increase (58%) rather than decrease (21%) the number of jobs in the local economy.