Daniel Susskind

How to prepare our children for a world upended by AI? Renowned economist Daniel Susskind cuts through the outdated advice to show us what young people actually need to succeed now.

He argues we should not ban tools or discourage new skills that are in demand, or cling to inherited ways of working. Instead, he reveals how people can master new technologies without eroding other essential skills. From reorganizing the curriculum to re-imagining white-collar careers, Susskind maps a smarter, more productive path forward.

Drawing on fifteen years of research, What Should My Children Do? is an evidence-based and practical guide to one of the most urgent questions of our time.

Daniel Susskind is the Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Business at Gresham College. He is also a Research Professor at King’s College London, a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University, and a Digital Fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. He is the author of Growth: A Reckoning, A World Without Work and co-author of The Future of the Professions.