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based on the fact that the brain's two hemispheres function differently. This first came to light in the 1960s, thanks to the research of biologist and Nobel Prize winner Roger W. Sperry.
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(7) Knowledge-based professions which control the world like banking and management, Pink argues, will wane as more and more jobs are replaced by computers, a prospect government must wake up to or they will have hordes of young people trained for a redundant worldview. The analytical brain types that have dominated job interviews in recent years have had their day.Those who see the bigger picture at the same time, i.e. those who use the right side of their brain as well or more than the left or can switch between the two at will, are about to come into their own.
(8)The most prized individuals will be those who think outside the analytical boxes. If governments are sleep-walking into this situation, young people need not do so, but can prepare themselves for this dramatic evolution. Broadly speaking, young people are much more flexible and prepared to adapt to new situations than their older counterparts. Their very familiarity with ever-changing technology and the processes that go with it equips them to be proactive, and to develop their skills beyond the purely analytical. Take the gigantic leaps that have been made in the economies of South-East Asia in recent years. Advanced transport infrastructures and systems for knowledge transfer are more evolved than in many so-called advanced western countries which have begun lagging behind their eastern counterparts.
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(9) Businesses, rather than universities, can provide opportunities that introduce elements of unpredictability and creativity into aspects of training or work experience to teach employees to cope with the shifting sands of the future. The young will be encouraged to do what they do best, breaking out of existing systems and restructuring the way things are done. Older people will need to side with them in their readiness to remold the world if they are to survive in the future workplace. We may be in for a bumpy ride, but whatever else it may be, the future does not look dull.
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1) Young people everywhere are having to overcome new as they look for work.
A. Obsolescence
B. Obstacles Decrepitude
D. resolutions
2) With the end of knowledge-based industries. Daniel Pink has forecast that success in the future will depend on
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Skills
Location
qualifications
creative minds
3) Which of the following predictions is NOT made by the writer of the text?
A. The role of creative thinkers will become more important.
B. Fewer people will enter knowledge-based professions.
not analytical.
