“Wealth work” is one of America’s fastest-growing industries
I think it&#x27;s less of &quot;wealth work&quot; and really just &quot;work&quot; and it&#x27;s good and necessary. Times are never constant, things change all the time. More traditional work (traditional in the context of the last 50-100 years) has been on the decline due to huge advancements in technology, globalisation and other reasons, so it&#x27;s only normal that we see many jobs go, but equally and luckily also many new jobs come.<p>It&#x27;s true that there is more &quot;Uber for X&quot; businesses out there today, but 30 years ago we also didn&#x27;t have &quot;Digital Agencies&quot;, &quot;YouTubers&quot;, &quot;Influencers&quot;, &quot;SEO Experts&quot;, &quot;Security Engineers&quot;, &quot;Software Architects&quot; and obviously &quot;Uber Drivers&quot;. But today people have different jobs than 30 years ago and that is alright.<p>Personally I see this market grow even more in the next two decades. One day someone&#x27;s job will be to stand in the queue for me to buy me tickets to Wimbledon tennis tournaments or a new iPhone during a launch event. Some might say this is degrading work, but others will love it. We might call it &quot;wealth work&quot; today with a bit of a negative meaning, but I bet a few hundred years ago people felt the same about someone who was cutting your nails, scrubbing your feet and giving you a head massage.<p>A great glimpse into the future of jobs is by looking at Japan. In Japan you can hire someone to &quot;cuddle with you&quot;. It&#x27;s not a sex worker, but as people feel more and more lonely, it&#x27;s only natural to see a new market rise in this space - where there is a new need (and money) there is a new potential market.