Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It

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Azeem Azhar

Exponential

How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It

Azeem Azhar

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Random House Business Books
19 October 2021

Geopolitics; International economics; Impact of science & technology on society; Artificial intelligence

A revelatory take on where technology is taking us from Britain's most-followed tech writer.

The Times and Financial Times Book of the Year

'Essential' Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn 'Powerful' Hannah Fry, author of Hello World 'Brilliant' Robert Peston, ITV Political Editor and author of WTF

We are entering the Exponential Age. Between faster computers, better software and bigger data, ours is the first era in human history in which technology is constantly accelerating.

Azeem Azhar - writer, technologist, and creator of the acclaimed Exponential View newsletter - understands this shift better than anyone. Technology, he argues, is developing at an increasing, exponential rate. But human society - from our businesses to our political institutions - can only ever adapt at a slower, incremental pace. The result is an 'exponential gap', between the power of new technology and our ability to keep up.

In Exponential, Azhar shows how this exponential gap can explain our society's most pressing problems - from established businesses' difficulty keeping up with digital platforms, to the sclerotic response of liberal democracies to fast-moving social problems. And he draws on cutting-edge social science to explain how to stop the exponential gap eroding our economies, our politics and our lives.

By: Azeem Azhar
Imprint: Random House Business Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 573g
ISBN: 9781847942906
ISBN 10: 1847942903
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 19 October 2021
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Azeem Azhar is the creator of Exponential View, Britain's leading platform for in-depth tech analysis. His weekly newsletter is read by 200,000 people from around the world, and his hit podcast has featured guests including Yuval Noah Harari, Tony Blair and Kate Raworth. A member of the World Economic Forum's Global Futures Council, Azhar contributes to publications including the Financial Times, Wired and the MIT Technology Review.

Reviews for Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It

Azeem Azhar is one of the best-regarded thought leaders in the industry. But more importantly, he has a broad understanding of the exponential ways technology can be used to solve our biggest problems, shape our society, and bridge cultural divides. -- Daniel Ek, founder and CEO of Spotify