Top 10 Skills that Could Possibly Disappear in the Future
From vintage skills to everyday skills that some people struggle with today, even the most basic abilities could potentially be automated. As technology continues to advance, we may no longer need to use them in the future.Here are ten examples of skills that future generations might rarely use or possibly abandon altogether.
Note: These are just predictions and may not be accurate as time progresses.
Basic car care, such as changing a flat tire, is a skill surprisingly not grasped by some people even today. They sadly have to rely on a mechanic for a fix. In the next decades, if cars are able to self-repair (this might be an exaggeration, but again, no one can accurately predict the future), then we won't need to change tires anymore.
Although it is already becoming obsolete, handwriting is slowly fading now. Most of us learned cursive writing, but we don't really use it due to advancing technology, as it is almost entirely replaced by keyboards and smartphones.
Surprisingly, writing in cursive is still necessary for signatures even today. Unfortunately, in the next generations, some or even the majority will not be able to read cursive due to less exposure to old-fashioned things and more exposure to technology.
This is already depleting, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Everyone has switched to texting, voice chatting, video chatting, and social media. In the newer generations, quite a lot of us struggle to keep up a conversation or even maintain good manners, and this shows even in our current generation.
The next generation, Gen Alpha, will likely prefer socializing digitally instead of person to person.
Yeah, it's fun making friends online, but it's still important to have face-to-face conversations.
It's no doubt that driving will become an obsolete skill due to the potential widespread use of self-driving cars in the next decades. You might call your future car to drive for you and command the location you wish to travel to, all by voice command and nothing else.
If AI becomes this advanced, we won't even have to touch the steering wheel anymore. If something unfortunate happens to your vehicle and you have no prior training, then good luck fixing the problem.
The Newcomers
This is a small yet essential skill, but I notice a handful of people who are unable to read an analog clock.
Especially in developed countries, you will rarely see anyone doing basic calculations on paper. There's no doubt that this skill will disappear soon since we have calculators.
This is a basic skill that no one really cares about. Today, you just make a list of your family's phone numbers on your smartphone or on a piece of paper without really having to look at it again unless it's necessary.
But what if you lose your smartphone or that paper you kept and have no memory of your family's phone numbers? In that case, especially when you're separated from your family, you're doomed.
This old-fashioned skill is slowly disappearing even today. 3D printing is slowly emerging as the next revolution in technology. In the next few decades, there could be multiple models of 3D printers or other advanced machines that can create virtually any household object, including clothes.
If you belong to the next generation, you won't have to inherit your sewing skills from your grandmother or use current sewing machines. Just pick a design you want and some piece of textile from the 3D printer, click, and you're all set. Your personalized set of clothing is created.
Excluding my family, I have never met anyone who seems to iron their own clothes. I honestly doubt that the next generations will ever see an iron in their lifetime, especially when clothes could potentially be influenced by nanotechnology.
This is one of the most important skills that is sadly declining today due to the increasing prevalence of online deliveries. Even some adults in the more recent generations have no clue how to cook from scratch. It's scary to think that even cooking could possibly be automated by AI.
Yes, fast food restaurants and delivery can be a good substitute, but cooking can save you a significant amount of money and help you live healthier.
No, not digital maps like the ones you see on Google Maps or any apps on your smartphone, but a physical map like those drawn on paper or the maps on signs you see when you go outside. Today, the majority of people tend to rely on GPS applications to guide them to their destination.
Picture this: what would you do if you lost your GPS device and lost track of where you are?
A very basic skill that could potentially become obsolete once AI and nanotechnology are widespread. Nanobots could clean everything, eliminating any need to worry about dirty stains. Just like cooking, this can be automated.
