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Azhar, Azeem.
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Technology -- Social aspects.
Technology and civilization.
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Technology.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Technology and civilization.
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The exponential age :
how
accelerating
technology
is
transforming
business
,
politics
, and
society
/ Azeem Azhar.
by
Azhar, Azeem.
Diversion Books, 2021.
Call #:
303.483 A994e
Subjects
Technology
.
Technology
-- Social aspects.
Technology
and civilization.
ISBN:
9781635769098 (hc)
Alternate title:
How
accelerating
technology
is
transforming
business
,
politics
, and
society
Edition:
1st Diversion Books ed.
Description:
xx, 330 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-319) and index.
Summary:
"A revelatory take on where
technology
is taking us, from one of the worlds most-followed tech writers. 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. Exponential
technology
is upending our
society
. This book explains howm"--Publisher.
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