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The Industries of the Future
The Industries of the Future | Alec Ross
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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 ten yearsfor businesses, governments, and the global communityand how we can navigate them. While Alec Ross was working as Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor on Innovation, he traveled to forty-one countries. He visited some of the toughest places in the worldfrom refugee camps of Congo to Syrian war zones. From phone-charger stands in Rwanda 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. InThe 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 ten 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 the founders of Google and Twitter to defense experts like David Petraeus. 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 worksnow and tomorrowand a must-read for businesspeople, in every sector, from every country.
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Iebernardo
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Pickpick

A crazy but factual look into the future.

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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post! A former senior advisor to Secretary Clinton and highly admired by Google's chairman, Ross has had unprecedented world-wide access in learning about cutting-edge technologies. He looks at robotics, cyber-security, genomics, big data, digitization of money & markets, & extrapolates trends for the next decade. He takes complex science & economics and molds it into plain-speak. Sounds fascinating! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 8y
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Readaholics
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Pickpick

I've been telling a bunch of my friends to read this book. I found it interesting and an easy read for even non-tech /biz oriented folks to enjoy. His personal narrative flows nicely. His government background enriches his global perspective moreso than an esoteric / economist / futurist or optimist view. I know that's a lot of ists!

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Readaholics
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Trying to read, but getting distracted by this guy....

MysticRaven03 So cute! 8y
britt_brooke Oh my, what a cutie! 8y
Baileeandme So cute!!🐾🐶 8y
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PurpleyPumpkin How could you not! Toots adorbs. 😍🐶 8y
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SaraFair I have one that stares too. I let her sit in my lap just so I cant see the staring. She knows it works. 8y
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Readaholics
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Cryptocurrencies demystified in one chapter! Lol. Bitcoin! Litecoin! Ripple! This book is fun to read. We've covered: Robotics, Genetics, Code-ification of money and the Sharing Economy. Alex makes the subjects digestible by focusing on current political, ethical and scientific trends. Good stuff!

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Readaholics
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The first hacker Nevil Maskelyne intercepted John Fleming and Marconi's demo of morse code via telegraphy back in 1903. He intercepted and changed the communication to insult Marconi and read "there was a young fellow from Italy, who diddled the public quite prettily." Ha!

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Readaholics
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Interesting how Western culture has a history of fearing robots. Just like terminator, we fear the ability for robots to reach singularity ( when artificial intelligence matches or exceeds human intelligence). Loving this book discussing the potential impact of emerging tech and industries.

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Readaholics
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Robot derives its etymological roots from two Czech words, rabota ("obligatory work") and robotnik ("serf"), to describe, in Capek's conception, a new class of "artificial people" that would be created to serve humans.

QuintusMarcus Čapek is absolutely wonderful, by the way. Most of his works are available. Highly recommended! 8y
prowlix It's been on my TBR since I heard about! 8y
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Readaholics
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Can't wait to dig into my new book about what types of technologies and trends will affect our future. Topics range from robotics to AI, big data to genetics, cyber security and more. I'm sure I'll be obsolete in the future and hopefully haven't been turned into soylent green.

QuintusMarcus NYT had an article this morning about how self-driven trucks were coming soon--that's going to put a lot of people out of work, as will many other new technologies. How will society deal with that, I wonder? Not well, would be my guess. 8y
Readaholics I've taken a spin in the Google self driving car. My friend works on that team. It's pretty amazing, and will be totally disruptive to industry, but also will save tons of lives because it will be much safer on the highways. 8y
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Briguy73
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Can't wait to get started on my new books.Which one first?

MrBook Oh boy, they all sound phenomenal (which...is why you got them all! 😜). Start at the top and work your way down like using a shovel? 8y
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