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The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology Is Transforming Business, Politics and Society

By (author) Azeem Azhar

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*2021 Financial Times Best Book of the Year* From Azeem Azhar, renowned technology analyst and host of the global tech podcast Exponential View, comes a bold exploration and call-to-arms over the widening gap between AI, automation, and big data--and our ability to deal with its effects. We are living in the first exponential age. High-tech innovations are created at dazzling speeds; technological forces we barely understand remake our homes and workplaces; centuries-old tenets of politics and economics are upturned by new technologies. It all points to a world that is getting faster at a dizzying pace. Azeem Azhar, renowned technology analyst and host of the Exponential View podcast, offers a revelatory new model for understanding how technology is evolving so fast, and why it fundamentally alters the world. He roots his analysis in the idea of an exponential gap in which technological developments rapidly outpace our society's ability to catch up. Azhar shows that this divide explains many problems of our time--from political polarization to ballooning inequality to unchecked corporate power. With stunning clarity of vision, he delves into how the exponential gap is a near-inevitable consequence of the rise of AI, automation, and other exponential technologies, like renewable energy, 3D printing, and synthetic biology, which loom over the horizon. And he offers a set of policy solutions that can prevent the growing exponential gap from fragmenting, weakening, or even destroying our societies. The result is a wholly new way to think about technology, one that will transform our understanding of the economy, politics, and the future.

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Normally shipped | Usually dispatched in 3 to 4 weeks as supplier is out of stock
Publisher | Diversion Books
Published date | 7 Mar 2023
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 352
Dimensions | 229 x 150 x 25mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 431g
ISBN | 978-1-6357-6827-5
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