Synthesis Economy
The value of memorization as a skill continues to fall. The faster the world moves, the less valuable it becomes. My job does not yet exist as a field of study in universities. Since the 2000s, product management has rapidly evolved. Every company tends to create their own rules around it. An information economy is less about memorization and more about creative application and synthesis. Computers and search engines put all the information at our fingertips. Why would I need to hold it all in my brain? The real skill that drives economic value is being able to derive insights from infinite information to create new forms of value for the market. Memorization is out, while application is in. Wealth will be created by adding knowledge to products by understanding the full context they operate in.