I’m at the AI Summit in Barcelona, and one of the conversations here today really stayed with me. By 2030, AI may radically change knowledge work and automate a huge part of what people currently do. But I don’t think that means the end of professions where knowledge alone was never enough. Law. Medicine. Consulting. Relocation. Because there are still things people value that are difficult to automate well: empathy, presence, professional judgment, curiosity, creativity, imagination and sometimes simply hope. That was one of the points made today by Spanish scientist Isabella Lolza, and it immediately made me think about relocation. When you move to another country, information matters. But information alone is not enough. You need someone who can understand your specific situation, notice when something doesn’t fit the standard scenario, make a judgment call, find another route when the first one fails, and stay with the problem until there is a solution. The same is true wit...