Personally, I'm not a huge fan of living in big cities.

I'm not either. However, I grew up in the goddamn sticks and the lack of cultural opportunity cut like a knife from about the age of 7 until I got the fuck out.

Once I was weaned and independent, the allure of fuck'n'gone hinterlands wasn't lost on me. But the cultural implications of a cosmopolitan area can't be overstated. What do you do on Saturday with your kid when you live in Seattle? You go to the Children's Museum. What do you do on Saturday with your kid when you live in Espanola? You skip rocks on the river. At least, if it hasn't run dry.

I'm dragging my ass through this report right now. Retraining is pretty much the crux of their issue. They figure 30% of jobs are fucked by 2030. They also figure if we can retrain everyone within 12 months, we catch a wave of opportunity. If we fail to do so, welcome to Elizabethan squalor. It is not a pretty report but if your job currently consists of gathering information, entering information, processing information or doing repetitive physical tasks, best retrain yourself now.