Corruption biggest worry, can’t trust robots: Millennials

NEW DELHI: Millennials of India and other nations cannot trust robots as yet to take decisions on their behalf and the most pressing national issues for them include corruption and inequality, a worldwide survey showed today.

Besides, climate change is keeping them up at night as their biggest global concern for the third year in a row, showed the survey conducted by Geneva-based WEF (World Economic Forum).

More than 31,000 millennials, aged 18-35, from over 180 countries, including India, participated in the Global Shapers Annual Survey 2017 on technology, economy, values, career and governance, the WEF said in a statement.

It also said that over 78 per cent young people would welcome refugees in their own neighbourhood.

“Corruption, inequality and lack of career and economic opportunities are seen as the most pressing national issues by millennials around the globe,” it stated. (AGENCIES)