iDisrupted
changing the human race forever Technology is set to transform the world. Its likely impact is both terrifying and incredibly exciting. We all need to understand the great changes that are just beginning to re-shape the human domain and our daily lives. Then we need to draw up plans.
There are few challenges more important.
This book is for:
People who want a job in ten years' time.
Employers who want to hire the right talent for the future.
Students of business and business professionals who want to understand how technology will transform the commercial world.
Business leaders and shareholders who want the business they run or own to flourish, and not get swept away.
Investors endeavouring to understand the possible impact of new technology and to place the right bets.
Policy makers needing to understand the potentially devastating impact of tech-economics and tech-politics to make the right decision for their country.
And above all, those of us who care about the future of the human race.
Technologies to watch:
Robotics, internet of things, technologies for the promotion of a sharing economy, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, stem cell research, genome sequencing, energy storage, lasers, solar power, new materials, virtual reality, nanotechnology, brain interfaces to computers, and above al else the internet, mixed with computers following the evolutionary trajectory described by Moore's Law.
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