How 5G Could Drastically Change Your Job Graphic: Elena Scotti, Photo: AP, Getty Images As 5G connectivity becomes more widespread—fueled by its great hype machine—the wonders promised seem incomprehensible at times. Remote control of fleets of vehicles from hundreds of miles away. Squads of cars or trucks that move in perfect synchronicity, communicating with not just one another but with the road itself. Shopping in a store where you never have to try on clothes thanks to augmented reality mirrors that do it for you. It’s easy to find breathless proclamations about 5G’s potential, but it’s difficult to find any research discussing what it will do for, or to, the average worker. Are we heading into a new golden age of productivity, a jobs apocalypse, or is much of the hype just marketing fluff designed to satisfy overzealous investors?