<p>@dustypig:</p>
<p>Big structural changes like automation/AI will disrupt industries. That’s what happened to law.<br>
As for STEM, frankly, that’s too broad a term but on a more meta-level, do I believe that many jobs will require more quant and/or analytical skills than they did in the past? That seems likely. The liberal arts skills of reading deeply, writing cogently, and thinking critically will still be important, but so will understanding statistics, economics (or at least dynamics of social systems, which history and poli sci provide as well) and coding. Those will be considered liberal arts skills by the time we’re old and senile, I believe.</p>
<p>BTW, while there are more folks going in to CS (which goes through huge boom/bust cycles), it’s not like folks who are bad at math will suddenly decide to become math or physics majors. This country still produces far more psychology majors than all the physical science, CS, math, and statistics majors added together.</p>