The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Disrupting Business, Industries, and Our Lives

I have read this book twice so far. It's the kind of book I buy extra copies of to pass around to anyone that would be willing to read it. It tells the story of amazing technologies that are here and on the way without the need to highlight the doom and gloom that most people use to sell headlines. It focuses on the positive impact that will be made in every industry and does a great job explaining what led us to this point, and why it's accelerating at a speed that will continue to blow our minds, and how we can empower ourselves by understanding the fluidity and adaptability that will be needed from us going forward. Damn I'm excited. Let's GOOOOO!!!!

Yes, all those subjects (& more, including Moore's Law...& Rose's La, as well) are included and given a glimpse of what these Exponential Technologies will bring to humans in the next decade. Then there is a look into the possibilities of what could go wrong, with an overview of five great migrations coming in this century. The Future of Entertainment, Education, Healthcare, Longevity, Food, etc. are all here in this tremendous book. This is a must read if you need some hope for a future that is coming, no matter who is president. Immigrants have been and will be a major factor in how we get there. I bring this book wherever I go and it is a great conversation starter. As a substitute teacher, I had to cover an Entrepreneurship class at a local high school where there was no lesson plan, so I referenced the six 'D's in the book and explained how to be successful - Digitalization, Deception, Disruption, Demonitization, Dematerilaization & Democratization. Read on...Otto von Ruggins

The Future is Faster Than You Think takes the reader on a journey through modern technologies and the associated growth curves and the consequences for our lives. It gives a solid overview of how we are living in an age of great change where exponential growth in computing power is allowing for major shifts in the impact of technology in shopping, advertising, entertainment, healthcare, finance, food and life expectancy. The language is at times exaggerated but the overall content is useful for those looking to get a picture of the abrupt changes that are taking place in almost all industries due to the influence of technology.In the Future is Faster Than You Think, the authors discuss how we often overestimate what will change in the short term but underestimate what can occur in the long term. This is a common adage and many businesses have underappreciated the impact of technology and are now struggling with the consequences. The authors start by describing why the changes are of such scale at the moment with several exponential growth curves converging to accelerate the influence of technology on our lives. The setting the stage language is exaggerated but sets the tone for how the authors frame the changes that will unfold in the coming decades. The authors then discuss how technology is being used to enhance consumption matching via shopping platforms and how advertising has shifted from times of past to now using user data to optimize ad placement effectiveness. This is merely a description of why Amazon and Google/Facebook have had such successful business models as service providers/platforms for their users rather than traditional business providers of goods or services. The authors discuss entertainment in the future and technologies like augmented reality and virtual reality with suits which have tactile sensation. It is certainly the path and our abilities to fabricated reality via headset is already quite remarkable but the anecdotes are at times too colorful. For examples the authors describe a simulation for a circuit judge who 2 decades ago tries a VR headset and lost his balance due to the immersive reality of VR, but in that time headsets would create dizziness and were anything but immersive. Thus the cases made to make the reader think this is coming tomorrow must be taken with a serious grain of salt. The authors describe how education is evolving and online learning will change how education takes place. They highlight how collective experimentation can lead to exciting solutions where literacy training was enhanced from a school group in Africa after a world wide competition to create education apps. The authors discuss how healthcare devices and sensors will fundamentally change our day to day health monitoring and will lead longer and more nurtured lives with the help of technology. This leads the authors to describe how technology could lead to perpetual life with discussions of how gene therapy extends the lives of single celled organisms and other treatments extent the lives of rats. It is certainly fascinating scientific work, but as usual the authors projecting the consequences onto benefits for us around the corner are improbable at best. The authors discuss emerging blockchain technologies and their ability to influence finance and insurance, discussing how gofund me as a platform creates a more egalitarian means to raise money vs centralized finance. Lastly the authors discuss the future of food and technologies like vertical farming, discussing how we could increase yields decrease our carbon foot print and reduce the pressure on our water supply immensely.One can read this book and be in wonder at the technological roads we are embarking on as it appears like we have solutions to all of our problems. To some extent we do, as most problems have partial solutions that we are aware of. The issue is always commercialization to which the authors trivialize this complexity. For a quick overview on what people in the VC world are looking at, this i think is a good overview. In terms of discussing an actual technology roadmap for any of the topics covered there is a huge amount that is glossed over. Nonetheless the book is entertaining and informative and in some respects it inspires some awe at what our collective intelligence has produced and how our lives could be better for it.

Excellent book about the convergence of current technologies and how they will affect our daily lives in the coming decade and beyond! 3-D printed stem cells and food will improve life for the masses, crowd-sourced insurance that removes the middle man and reduces cost for the consumer, augmented and virtual reality interfaces that make working from home the norm, automated vehicles and drones that make the long-commute to work obsolete (and car ownership a thing of the past), and block-chain networks that will upgrade and safe-guard our currency and voting systems. There is even a mention of how immigration has accelerated scientific progress in countries that have accepted foreigners vs. those that closed their borders.Change is happening faster than ever before and it's better to ride the wave than crash against it. A good read, especially for those who love science, tech and our human legacy!

If you thought the first two books in the Exponential Technology series were fast-paced, you’d be blown away by the third installment. In this next book, the authors stand pretty confident on their own as they explore the exciting world of technology. They don't just talk about the latest gadgets and gizmos, but they also show how these devices are changing the way we live and work. From connected homes to self-driving cars, they paint a picture of a great and attainable future. This is a must-read if you want to stay ahead of the curve.

The thought I kept coming back to throughout this whirlwind journey: how could our society be so pessimistic in the light of all the coming innovation? This opened my mind to the possibility that maybe, just maybe, the future is a whole lot brighter, a lot less scary, than I’ve ever imagined it to be.

O livro faz uma excelente explanação sobre visões em construção do futuro da humanidade em vários setores e sobre como essas visões estão sendo desenvolvidas

A book that describes technologies and their impact on our lives not too far into the future

Es increíble leer este libro en este tiempo. Se publicó por noviembre del 2019 y muchas empresas de las que hablan y los proyectos justo están creciendo o está evolucionando. Sin duda abre el panorama a lo que viene en unos años y te hace ver la brecha tecnológica que hay entre países. En algunos capítulos habla de cómo la desentralizacion del dinero ha generado avances exponenciales. Si te gusta la tecnología y los negocios este es un si o si para leer.

In about 300 pages (including dozens of notes & index pages) the authors take the readers on a roller coaster into the future. Starting with autonomous, electrical vehicles and other likewise technologies which are on the verge to enter the stage of our world, covering shopping, advertising, entertainment and healthcare closing with the five greatest threats for our planet and our species, which could cause great migrations, a bunch of great visions is presented.What I really liked is the setup of the book, the sequence of the topics presented, possible impact on traditional technologies, the society and us as humans due to the combinations of the already technological developments which are already taking place (like 3D printing, virtual reality, electrification, smart devices etc.). What sounds like science fiction is already taking place, billions of US$ (or €uros, RMB...) are already spent to put those ideas into reality, I was also surprised how much of these ideas are available to humanity (mostly for individuals with a big bank (or cryptocurrency) account).The before mentioned notes and index section help with numerous further books or links and, this is where I was really surprised, to lots of scientific articles, which really dig deep (like the materials used for future solar cells). The language is vivid, the enthusiasm of the authors regarding the topics can be felt in each and every page. I can recommend this book for persons (like me) who are curious about the time to come as well as readers who like new input / ideas to think about.

Starting with abundance, this series of near future predictions are a welcome break from this kind of "reporting"Donnie is at the circus when shockingly an African lion attacks a young girl. He runs up and punches the lion right in the nose. A reporter says “Truly you are magnificent, that's most heroic thing I’ve ever seen”Donnie replies “I just did what I thought was right, god protects me”Oh you’re a ChristianYes I teach bible classThe journalist says “I want everyone to know what you did here today. It’s a great story”The next day front page headline…“Right wing Christian fundamentalist assaults African Immigrant and steals his lunch”