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The Industries of the Future
- Narrated by: Alec Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what's next for the world, mapping out the advances and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next 10 years - for businesses, governments, and the global community - and how we can navigate them.
While Alec Ross was working as Hillary Clinton's senior advisor on innovation, he traveled to 41 countries. He visited some of the toughest places in the world - from refugee camps of Congo to Syrian war zones. From phone-charger stands in Eastern Congo to R&D labs in South Korea, Ross has seen what the future holds.
Over the past two decades, the Internet has radically changed markets and businesses worldwide. In The Industries of the Future, Ross shows us what's next, highlighting the best opportunities for progress and explaining why countries thrive or sputter. He examines the specific fields that will most shape our economic future over the next 10 years, including cybercrime and cybersecurity; the commercialization of genomics; the next step for big data; and the coming impact of digital technology on money, payments, and markets. And in each of these realms, Ross addresses the toughest questions: How will we have to adapt to the changing nature of work? Is the prospect of cyberwar sparking the next arms race? How can the world's rising nations hope to match Silicon Valley in creating their own innovation hotspots?
Ross blends storytelling and economic analysis to give a vivid and informed perspective on how sweeping global trends are affecting the ways we live, incorporating the insights of leaders ranging from tech moguls to defense experts. The Industries of the Future takes the intimidating, complex topics that many of us know to be important and boils them down into clear, plain-spoken language. This is an essential work for understanding how the world works - now and tomorrow - and a must-listen for businesspeople in every sector, from every country.
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- Michael Foster
- 21-10-16
thank you. one of the best books I have read.
thank you. one of the best books I have read. also easy to understand. amazing
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- Richard
- 17-03-17
Well written and well researched
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook, in fact it was difficult to take my earbuds out, it's full of facts and figures, about the world, is very thought-provoking. I cannot recommend this book any higher Alex Ross has an amazing analytical mind and has proved to be a great author too
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- LaYarantella
- 20-03-17
optimistic and insightful
Author strayed from his area of expertise on a couple of occasions but otherwise a fascinating look at technology and how it will affect our futures.
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- Girl
- 23-10-19
Cyber world we need to know about
Very thought provoking book full of information that affects us all and we need to think about and how we take data abuse for granted and should not
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-11-16
A invaluable guide for those who want to understand the economy of the future
Alec Ross through his experiences in US government has had the exposure to be able to interact with the shapers of opportunities and challenges of technology at a global scale.
He is able to describe very disparate types of sciences, including genomics and AI, giving a credible account of how these fields are likely to change society and our lifestyles.
What I found refreshing is that this book does not only touch on the West's challenges, he puts them in context at a global scale. Countries in Africa are also up for a technological revolution as it becomes ever more pervasive and resilient to government tyrants.
A must read for those who want to have a glimpse of what we are likely to experience in the coming decades.
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- AS
- 15-08-19
Extremely well documented
Good narration, well documented, clear storyline
A well worth read for anyone
First chapter only might seem a bit dull
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- Peter maw
- 28-04-20
Politicised
The content is interesting until you hit the unnecessary politicised content. Entire pages on how Putin is an awful person, I don’t disagree with that but you could remove those pages with no impact on the overall content.
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- Mr. N. F. Mclarty
- 10-11-17
Great.
A fascinating read (listen) for anyone who cares about the world ahead of us and the world our children will live in.
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- Juan David Lucio Sánchez
- 12-11-18
Enjoyable and enlightening!
This book opened my mind to a vast new world of opportunities for a threatening and uncertain near future. Thank you Alec Ross!
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-02-23
interesting and informative
Worth a listen, good analysis of trends. I found the comparison of economic trajectory between Estonia and Belarus something of particular interest.
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