![]() By that I don’t mean the scariest, but rather the one that most feels like a real nightmare, from its surreal presentation to ever-changing environments to largely nonsensical story – and yes, a few chilling moments of horror. Unfold Game Studios’ DARQ is probably the most nightmarish adventure game I’ve ever played. It now owns 16% of the total freelance worker market and earns $100 million annually in revenues through gig-economy.Note: Since time of writing, two free DLC levels have been released, The Tower and the Crypt, offering new settings, puzzles, mechanics, and a solid 1-2 hours of additional gameplay. ![]() Bangladesh is a rising power in the freelance worker market. Asia is a world leader in providing outsourcing services to the rest of the world. This has opened up opportunities for people in developing countries, giving them access to global markets that did not previously exist. ![]() As digitalisation spreads to grass root levels, many countries are focusing on the digital economy. Freelancing includes everything from computer programming, web design, tax preparation & search engine optimisation. The gig economy or freelancing market is a growing segment of the workforce, which acts as a new leveling mechanism for global markets in digital outsourcing. Moreover, the government & businesses will have to focus on the redeployment of these resources for newly created jobs. The focus needs to move to life-long learning and government and businesses need to collaborate to create one-stop shop avenues and community platforms that offer taxonomy, skills, certifications for reskilling and upskilling. According to the European Commissions’ survey on the digital skills gap across the EU, 43% of people in the EU don’t know how to perform even basic tasks like to search for information online. Skills gaps and widening income inequality threaten the readiness of humans to tackle the changes brought forth by the fourth Industrial Revolution. Blockchain can rapidly scale to over 2 billion people who today have no access to financial services and are considered unbanked. ![]() As cryptocurrencies gain acceptance, they are expected to become a de facto standard (estaimated by 2030) like the US Dollar, which is widely accepted today. Governments are already using blockchain technology for social welfare distribution schemes, digitised land registries and identity proofs in employment records, tax identification records, government records, certificates and healthcare records, and reputation scores. The focus will be on integration and interoperability, as businesses move from pilot implementions to production solutions. Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) will move beyond exploratory proofs of concept, towards practical applications. The next ten years will have a profound impact on the lives of billions of people, some for better and some for worse. DARQ will provide the platforms for the next wave of disruption and differentiation, which are expected to enhance and alter user experiences and impact the core of how businesses operate. Innovation now must move beyond digital and this is where the DARQ technologies come in. In the post-digital era, transformation has become the new steady state.
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