Fourth Industrial Revolution

The four levels of computer skills, and the surprising number of adults who fail

Old unused computers and monitors sit in the main hall of the Shanghai Stock Exchange August 18, 2009. China's stock market showed signs of stability on Tuesday morning after tumbling 5.8 percent on Monday, its biggest daily percentage drop in nine months, hit mainly by profit-taking after a 90-percent stock market rally earlier this year got far ahead of China's economic recovery.  REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA BUSINESS) - RTR26TXI

Only 5% of people in the OECD were highly skilled on a computer Image: REUTERS/Nir Elias

Alex Gray
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