Some valued abilities in a globalized world.

From Russ Robert's Econtalk podcast interview with Dan Pink, contributing editor at Wired:

1. Design. "The MFA is the new MBA." Well, not quite yet, but maybe someday.

2. Story. Commercials tell entertaining stories to sell products. Narrative can be used as a teaching tool.

3. Symphony. Coordinating different skills and areas of knowledge; having multiple skill sets, and overlapping them.

4. Empathy. Emotional knowledge.

5. Play. A vital component of creativity.

6. Meaning. See the big picture.

These abilities are hard to automate (and outsource). They exist at the intersection of business and art. According to Pink, the most valuable worker can combine literacy and numeracy, creativity and business sense.

These abilities, to me, are a huuuuge part of meaningful work. Nice that they're also the wave of the future economy.